Navy
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The United States navy admitted female cadets for the first time on this day in 1972. Hopefully they were inspired by this song.
The spread sheet is well laid out and user friendly, with a simple Wimbledon-style draw where after six rounds a clear winner is declared and the top eight rankings are listed on a league table.
It is elegant and efficient in its design, as you would expect from a product created inside one of the world’s biggest accounting firms.
Headshots of the contestants appear to have been sourced from the mega-firm’s intranet but the prize isn’t a silver trophy like at the All England Lawn Tennis Club – it’s the honour of being named the hottest chick in European office of Deloittes.
The only difference between this and what happened on board the HMAS Success is that this 2007 spread sheet was probably viewed by thousands of people around the world, instead of a handful of sailors who likely didn’t get anywhere near the bunks of their documented prey.
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Were any seaman discharged? Read more »
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Chloe says:
Oh My God! just get over it. FS is so right. I’m a female and besides the immature stories i’ve been told, i still want to join the navy. AND the many women who i know that have joined the navy, have never experienced horrible and disgusting behaviour and neither… Read more »
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