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May 11, 2010

For Child Or Country

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Rachel McCarthy
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The U.S. Navy has formally announced that women will be allowed to serve on submarines. For years, the military command has questioned the wisdom of having women serve with men on submarines, where quarters are cramped. Randi Cruz knows all about cramped quarters - she served in the Navy aboard ship with mostly men. Randi loved her time at sea, but when she had a baby she found that the Navy wouldn't help her juggle deployments and motherhood. So she decided, with a heavy heart, to leave the Navy - the best job she says she'll ever have. Randi talks with Dick Gordon about having to choose her child over her country.

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