Women In Combat

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applicable. By many armed forces policies, females are banned from combat jobs
and units, but in the Persian Gulf War females were assigned to battleships,
aircraft carriers, and marine support groups dug into the desert. From their
experience in the Persian Gulf, military women have earned the right to be
treated as equals with men and not as protected individuals.

In spite of their record as able combat personnel, there are laws and
policies that restrict women in the United States Military from serving in
positions that require them to engage in direct combat. Women in the Air Force
and Navy are barred from aircraft and vessels that have a chance to be exposed
to combat. The official, established policies of the Army and Marine Corps
exclude women from combat. These policies prohibit women, on the basis of
gender only, from over twelve percent of the skill positions and thirty-nine
percent of the total positions offered by the Department of Defense. Such
policies ...

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