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Navy Won’t Remove ‘Midshipman’ Title Because It’s Enshrined In The Law As A Rank

Navy officials confirmed this week they don’t intend to change the title “midshipman” as part of the overall effort to make job positions in the service gender-neutral.

The goal of the job title review Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus initiated back in January is to make women feel more included now that they have access to all combat roles, but the reason midshipman will remain in its current state is because the name is a rank stipulated by the law, Capital Gazette reports.

According to Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Ted Carter, the title won’t change, as it’s a rank, noting that officials only scanned the idea of doing so “very briefly.”


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/09/navy-wont-remove-midshipman-title-because-its-enshrined-in-the-law-as-a-rank/#ixzz4SPZiLsSc
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[GenrXr]

TEWSpilot,

We get Midshipman from the Brits if I remember correctly and they conscripted most of their navy for hundreds of years. I would be interested if any women ever carried that title while serving for his and her majesty.

Of course conscripts typically were the ones raising and dropping the sails, but am curious, were women ever given the title?

Just a thought.
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