Women’s place, post 9/11
As of Friday, 139 U.S. servicewomen had died in Afghanistan and Iraq. Though women have been caught up in combat for the past decade in wars without front lines, military policy is just starting to catch up to reality on the ground.
Memorial Day 2012 is the first that will see women assigned to once all-male Army combat units. Nine brigades started pilot programs this month assigning female officers and non-coms to noncombat jobs in personnel, intelligence and logistics, among other support roles they’ve been filling without formal assignment.
May 28, 2012 - 8:11 AM
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