Navy has integrated women on submarines

(ANSA) - Rome, September 28 - Italy's Navy has integrated women officers, including on submarines, Navy Chief of Staff Valter Girardelli told a parliamentary defense commission hearing Wednesday. "Women today can go anywhere in the Navy, except in special forces," the admiral said.
    "We have women submarine officers - no discrimination". "They're better than the men," he added.
    Female personnel makes up about 4% of the 39,000-strong Navy, Girardelli said.