The Reason Why Women Soldiers Will Not Be Seen Joining Combat Units Soon

Photo: U.S. Army Spc. Rebecca Buck, a medic from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides perimeter security outside an Iraqi police station in the Tarmiya Province of Iraq, March 30, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer/www.army.mil

Women Soldiers Not Seen Picking Up Combat Arms Soon -- Yahoo News/Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A government commission will urge the U.S. military this spring to allow women to serve as combat soldiers, but the Pentagon is not likely to adopt those recommendations any time soon as it struggles with two long wars and a new policy toward gay troops.

The Military Leadership Diversity Commission, put together by the White House and Congress in 2009 to study how to make the military more fair for minorities, will issue a final report in March with some 20 recommendations, including a gradual end to combat exclusion rules for female soldiers.

Women represent a small minority of U.S. soldiers, with just over 200,000 women last year out of a total active duty force of 1.4 million soldiers.

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My Comment: Leo Shane at Stars and Stripes explains it perfectly on why women will not be serving in combat units for the foreseeable future. His post is here.