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All Navy jobs will be open to women, secretary announces

By Take Two Staff
Published Sep 16, 2015
PARRIS ISLAND, SC - FEBRUARY 25: Female Marine recruits stand in formation during boot camp February 25, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. All female enlisted Marines and male Marines who were living east of the Mississippi River when they were recruited attend boot camp at Parris Island. About six percent of enlisted Marines are female. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
PARRIS ISLAND, SC - FEBRUARY 25: Female Marine recruits stand in formation during boot camp February 25, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. All female enlisted Marines and male Marines who were living east of the Mississippi River when they were recruited attend boot camp at Parris Island. About six percent of enlisted Marines are female. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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All Navy jobs will be open to women, secretary announces

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced this week that he would open all jobs in the Navy to women.

That includes jobs at sea, the Marines and the super elite SEAL unit.

Joining Take Two to discuss:

  • Bradley Peniston, deputy editor for Defense One magazine, and Kathy Borkoski, a former Navy diver and bomb technician.