 Six female officers will be integrated into the crews of the submarines USS Virginia and USS Minnesota These will be the first fast attack submarines to have women Two of these officers are supply corps and the other four will be nuclear-trained all six will complete the submarine officer basic course They report to their commands by January 2015 Secnav said one of the Navy's greatest advantages has been diversity and all platforms including submarines should take advantage of these benefits Since women began serving on submarines in 2010 43 have served on Ohio class ballistic missile and guided missile submarines Minnesota and Virginia are both Atlantic Fleet submarines Vice Admiral Michael Connor commander submarine forces plans on selecting two Pacific Fleet submarines Next year for the next group of female submariners from the Defense Media Activity. I'm petty officer Tony Rosa