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Army Wants Women On Front Lines
The Herald
October 24, 2004
The U.S. Army is trying to overturn a ban on using women soldiers in forward support units in war zones to ease its growing manpower crisis in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While females still would be barred from combat formations likely to experience direct contact with an enemy, planners want to deploy them alongside fighting brigades as drivers and logisticians to free up scarce male forces.
A shortage of trained American infantry
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,1331...ml?ESRC=army.nl
Ref: Google: Women and the draft
Army Wants Women On Front Lines
The Herald
October 24, 2004
The U.S. Army is trying to overturn a ban on using women soldiers in forward support units in war zones to ease its growing manpower crisis in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While females still would be barred from combat formations likely to experience direct contact with an enemy, planners want to deploy them alongside fighting brigades as drivers and logisticians to free up scarce male forces.
A shortage of trained American infantry
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,1331...ml?ESRC=army.nl
Ref: Google: Women and the draft