Less Than 10 Percent Of U.S. Army Women Want To Serve In Combat Units

Small Fraction of Army Women Want Combat Gigs -- Time

Army study comes as the service prepares to open new job opportunities to female soldiers

Just 7.5% of women in the Army say they’re interested in moving into one of the combat jobs soon to be open to them, according to the results of an Army study reported Tuesday.

Of the 30,000 women who responded to the study, only 2,238 said they would want a job in infantry, armor, artillery or combat engineering, the Associated Press reports. Most of the women who expressed interest in combat jobs were age 27 and younger. The year-long study comes after a Pentagon order forcing the services to open the same opportunities to women that are available to men.

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More News On Reports That Less Than 10 Percent Of U.S. Army Women Want To Serve In Combat Units

Few Women Want Combat Jobs In Army: Survey -- Huffington Post/AP
Most Women Not Interested in Combat Roles -- Washington Free Beacon
Few Army women want combat jobs anyway, survey shows -- Washington Times
Survey: Less than 10 percent of Army women want to join combat units -- Daily Caller
Women in the Army Say They Don't Want to Fill Combat Positions -- HNGN