Docking the ship was a tense affair, TIME magazine reported. But Commander McGrath soon got her reward. Then there's the U.S.S. San Antonio. A Marine troop carrier currently under construction, it's the first to have a woman's touch. As TIME reported, key electrical systems will be lower to accommodate the average 5-inch height gap between genders.
Nothing is overlooked.
Yep, it's not your father's military anymore, to paraphrase General Kennedy herself. It's no longer lean or mean. And she finds extensive evidence of double-standards between servicemen and women in physical abilities and other areas. So, ironically, America is outraged over the rape and torture of civilian Bosnian women in that conflict, yet at the same time is apparently willing to unnecessarily subject American women to what would be that and worse in a time of war. Yes, women have always served admirably in important support roles in our military.