Rules To Be Eased For Women In Some Combat Roles

U.S. Marine Corps Sgts. Jessica Lugo, left, and Autumn Sekely, right, walk into a village leader’s compound during a patrol in the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 7, 2011. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Katherine Keleher

Pentagon To Ease Restrictions On Women In Some Combat Roles -- Washington Post

The Pentagon said Thursday that it would ease some restrictions on women serving in combat roles, a step that in part codifies the reality on the ground in Afghanistan, where commanders have stretched rules to allow women to support ground combat units.

After a long-delayed review that had been ordered by Congress, the Defense Department said it would open about 14,000 combat-related positions that women had previously been excluded from — but would continue to prohibit them from serving in 238,000 other slots, nearly all of them in the Army and Marine Corps, as well as special operations forces. The changes will take effect in spring unless lawmakers intervene.

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