Navy Cmdr. Leslie Mintz, executive officer of the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, climbs into an F/A-18F Super Hornet at Naval Air Station Oceana, February 8, 2019. US Navy/MCS 3rd Class Mark Thomas Mahmod
Business Insider/Military.com: The Navy is buying equipment that makes it easier for female pilots to pee
* Physiology and flight suits originally designed for male aviators make it hard for female pilots to relieve themselves during missions.
* But the Navy is working on an initiative to introduce a more practical way for both women and men to urinate in flight.
The Navy has invested $1 million in devices and uniforms that help pilots relieve themselves in-flight — and it wants to spend $2 million more to complete the effort.
One of the goals of the initiative was to provide female jet pilots with a practical way to urinate on missions that can stretch on for hours with limited mobility, officials said.
"They're flying long missions overseas," Cmdr. Eddie Park, director of diversity and inclusion at Naval Air Forces, told the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services earlier this month. "Who wants to hold their pee for four hours?"
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WNU Editor: This is long overdue.
