10-Feb-2012 - At War Blog: Pentagon to Loosen Restrictions on Women in Combat

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The Pentagon announced on Thursday that women would be formally allowed to take on dangerous jobs closer to the front lines. The decision reflects the evolving role of American women in war but stops short of allowing them to serve in combat, Elisabeth Bumiller Reebok NFL jerseys reports in Friday’s Times:The new rules keep in place a ban on women serving in the infantry, in combat tank units and in Special Operations commando nhl jerseys from china units. Nonetheless, many women in Iraq and Afghanistan have served in combat as attachments to infantry foot patrols, and in many cases they have come under fire and fought back. More than 140 women in the American military have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.Serving in jobs like the infantry remains crucial to career advancement in the military, and critics of the current policy say that by not recognizing women’s real role in combat, women are unfairly held back. Supporters of the nba jerseys from china policy say that infantrymen in the Army and Marine Corps are not ready to have women serve at their sides in combat, and that the physical demands are too onerous.Read the full article.

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