What's your opinion on the U.S Navy moving towards being gender-neutral?

If we stay professional about it , then I see no problems as far as transgender. I think we all need to get to the point like in that movie Starship troopers and just be equal male/female co-living and sharing stuff and just co-exist.

I think everyone need to go and read and understand the dictionary. They are trying to get rid of the word man as they think it means male. It dos not mean male at all it means human which is a species that encompasses male and female. The word man has nothing to do with the gender at all. So yes there trying to make thins gender natural but do not understand the word man. So the only reason to change is to try and mitigate the noise made by those that have a misunderstood conception of the word male so they do not have to hear it. If a rate was to denote male it would be like this "radiomale, corpsmale ect". It is not so all the rates are already gender natural in there wording. What is needed is the same standards for male and female personal as far as uniforms, job performance, housing, physical fitness to name a few. It also needs to be blind in the promotions of personal. For what it is worth just my 2 cents after 40 years in the military and civilian side of the government. As we said in BLT 3/3 suck it up butter cup.

In general, it's just more professional, and more consistent with the direction society is going. But, I don't see it as a priority. Change as you go. For example, since, they were doing away with the rating system anyways, why not tighten it up while there at it? Uniforms are easy. Of course, everyone should be wearing the same one's (covers). There's simply no good reason not to. I'd draw the line at being called Sir tho.

I will always be a Gunners Mate Third Class Petty Officer. I think it is stupid to get rid of the rates just because they are not gender neutral. The navy is part of us and our history, if we go away with rates we are taking part of our history away. Whoever thought of this change did not think about morale of the force at all.

The thing that is pissing me off more than anything is they are removing the Ratings, BUT E-3 and below will all be referred to as SEAMAN. So how is that gender-neutral?

Served with Gays my Whole Time didn't have a problem with it. Gender-less, S**t we were already moving in that direction during the Zumwalt years amazed it took this long. Time to put on our Big Boy pants.

Silliness but the Marines are already gender neutral.

I give a rats ass what you think you are. You are whatever the plumbing you were born with! When it comes to fit test women have a higher % of body fat then guys. So if you "identify"as a woman then you get the % of body fat. That just makes excuses for men to pack on a few lbs and not be accountable.

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