Marines To Train Women For Combat -- BBC
The US Marines have announced plans to start training women for combat. Will they be able to silence the doubters who question their battlefield strength and stamina?
The roles open to women in the US military are slowly expanding, as the result of a review ordered by Congress and stemming from lessons learned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In February of this year, the Pentagon announced women would formally be allowed to serve closer to the front lines in positions such as medics, tank mechanics and radio operators - jobs that many women were already performing in a loop-hole arrangement when "attached" to a battalion.
The February decision did not actually permit women to serve in combat roles.
That is about to change.
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My Comment: If they can 'survive' the same training as their male counterparts .... I wish them the best.
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