 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer Ian Cotter. Women have served aboard ballistic missile submarines since 2011, and one officer shares her experience of that transition. Transition was very smooth. It took them a few weeks to get used to female voices on submarines, but I think that was one of the biggest differences. The Navy is also planning to integrate enlisted female sailors aboard multiple submarine platforms in the future. I think it will be a smooth transition just like ours was. The thing is, they're willing and able to do their job just as their male counterparts will be fine, just as the Navy, you know, all sailors are treated equal regardless of any diversity, including gender. Lieutenant Lavec is one of 18 female officers authorized to wear the submarine dolphins.