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  • #16
    I heard today the Above Named Person(Lt O'Brien) will shortly be Promoted to Lt Cdr and will take command of one of the OPVs.


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
      I heard today the Above Named Person(Lt O'Brien) will shortly be Promoted to Lt Cdr and will take command of one of the OPVs.
      roberta comes from a naval background and should make a good captain as she was a very switched on cadet and had a nice personality.. first person up on orders in front of her might not feel the same way,,

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
        I heard today the Above Named Person(Lt O'Brien) will shortly be Promoted to Lt Cdr and will take command of one of the OPVs.


        There will be 3 female Lt Cdr's by january, possibly 4 depending on retirements.

        Interesting times......

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        • #19
          Lads, why is it such an issue? Next time you board an airliner with 174 punters on board (A320), check out the cabin crew.Mostly female.Chances are at least one of the cockpit crew are female.Often enough, the entire crew are female.In charge of many tons of fast-moving metal.Full of people who don't know a thing about aircraft and really don't care.Get over it,lads.
          regards
          GttC

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          • #20
            Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
            Lads, why is it such an issue? Next time you board an airliner with 174 punters on board (A320), check out the cabin crew.Mostly female.Chances are at least one of the cockpit crew are female.Often enough, the entire crew are female.In charge of many tons of fast-moving metal.Full of people who don't know a thing about aircraft and really don't care.Get over it,lads.
            regards
            GttC
            AH we know that they are in them jobs for years but there is a major difference as it is a part of irish naval history to be CAPTAIN of an irish naval vessel and also the first female of the search and rescue helicopter had a documentary done on her so as you can see we are very EXCITED..we dont compare ourselves to civilians.. different type of discipline altogether..

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            • #21
              when the Captain is a female does that mean the ship will be painted pink instead of grey and all those who serve on her will they be known as pinkys? ha ha

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              • #22
                Originally posted by techman1 View Post
                when the Captain is a female does that mean the ship will be painted pink instead of grey and all those who serve on her will they be known as pinkys? ha ha
                nice one how long did you think about that one

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
                    Lads, why is it such an issue? Next time you board an airliner with 174 punters on board (A320), check out the cabin crew.Mostly female.Chances are at least one of the cockpit crew are female.Often enough, the entire crew are female.In charge of many tons of fast-moving metal.Full of people who don't know a thing about aircraft and really don't care.Get over it,lads.
                    regards
                    GttC


                    They have served their time like anyone else and deserve their promotions, simple as.

                    I would have no problem serving on a ship skippered by a female capt

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                    • #25
                      I think the notable point was there were those in the Naval service, and elsewhere, who said it would never happen. Indeed back when I was a deck cadet, the mere thought of a female aboard ship was enough to turn the hair white on many a master mariner. Indeed the first female Marine Engineer to train in Ireland begun training around the same time. The Civilian trade were quicker to accept women than the Naval service.
                      Remember its only been twelve years since the Females were accepted into the Naval service. There still is no female in the Senior Rates mess.


                      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                      • #26
                        Obviously they have made the grade and their mark and getting to ships captain rank is no mean feat as many have fallen along the way.

                        Congratulations to those who uphold these traditions that the NS have endeavoured to make their own.

                        The NS has changed and this is a sign of the times

                        only 20 odd years ago it was inconcievable that women would serve in the NS...they have changed that perception around.

                        Lets hope they have the ships to serve on in the future.
                        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                        • #27


                          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                          • #28
                            Woman makes Irish naval history

                            The first woman to command an Irish Naval Ship is to take up her post next month.

                            Lieutenant Commander Roberta O'Brien, who is in her early 30s, will command the LE Aisling, one of eight ships of the service's flotilla.

                            A native of County Tipperary, Lt Com O'Brien is currently serving at Irish naval headquarters at Haulbowline.

                            Her appointment comes four years after a woman was first given command of a ship in the Royal Navy.

                            Lieutenant Charlotte Atkinson assumed command of the HMS Brecon in 2004.

                            Lt Com O'Brien joined the naval service after leaving school and was one of two female cadets commissioned in 1997.

                            She served as navigator on a 25,000-mile voyage to Asia on the LE Niamh in 2002.

                            An Irish defence department plan to replace three of the naval service's eight ships, including the Aisling, has been put on hold.

                            A department spokesperson said the lifespan of the ships would have to be extended.

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                            • #29
                              Nothing has been put on hold. Lazy Journalism at its best. The process will be delayed as the stage payments will be dragged out over a slightly longer period, but nothing is on hold. This "department spokesman" crap is someone in the "news"paper reading something someone said here or in a pub..


                              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                              • #30
                                Congratulations to the individual concerned, is the naval glass ceiling smashed????

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