MAX:
What do we have here a Arleigh Burke class Destroyer DDG-95
Built:2002, not designed or built to house male and female sailors.
Crew: 32 officers, 348 enlisted
Mission: Naval combatant
While on it's last deployment 2 incidents of sexual assault has resulted in the following destruction of the ships crew.
CO relieved of command, career ended.
XO Transfered to different command, career ended
CMC Removed from the command,career ended
(5) Chief Petty Officers processed for separation
(4) Enlisted disciplined, the four enlisted (1) first class, (2) second class, (1) third class all are female sailors.
This ship has just received a kick in the gut and will not be able to perform it's mission with any degree of proficiency. That many of the crew can not be removed at one time without compromising mission capability. For the remaining crew members life is going to become hell. The new CO, XO and CMC assigned by DESRON will be under orders to get the ship squared away and that will be their only mission. The crew will feel that they can't trust their new chain of command. The new shipboard polices that will be enacted immediately will prevent any crew interaction for fear of being reported. The team spirit is gone. crew moral is shot. The ship is now manned by 380 individuals so busy covering their own asses nothing will get accomplished.
Why will all this happen? Mixed gender crews on ships that are designed for single gender crews. In the rush to get women sailors on surface combatant ships the entire process has been haphazard. Take an existing warship bastardize the berthing, remove some of male sailors replace with female sailors. Mix together for 6 months and you see what the results are. In ten years from now it won't matter if the Air Farce can have their pilot free aircraft(drones) why can't the navy have crew free ships.
The best thing the navy could do for the USS James E. Williams is to put an entire new crew all male on it.
Fraternization is the fleet way of saying sexual misconduct it sounds nicer. PC