The reading was so lengthy Ive enclosed a part of it
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Current federal law is meant to shield women from armed conflict. As such, females are technically banned from serving in any of the following groups:
• infantry
• tank, artillery and armored vehicle units
• coastal patrol boats and submarines
• special operations units such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALS
Although President Bush has determinedly stated, "no women in combat," the Pentagon has begun relaxing their ban, placing women in more dangerous roles in the combat zone.
In February, the Army's 3rd Infantry Division acknowledged it has assigned women to units in Iraq that directly support combat troops by providing food, equipment maintenance and other services. The process, called "collocation" - literally to place side by side - is at odds with an 11-year-old Army policy that bans women from serving in front-line support groups.
"This is an incremental change that will gradually lead to a more direct deployment of women in combat," said Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness.
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The recent numbers show that women are more susceptible to a higher degree of post traumatic stress disorder than men. This being an age and a country where women have the same rights as men, should they have the right to serve in combat units? Even though there are female Marines; they don’t serve in direct combat infantry units. There is no doubt that females (probably not as many) could make it through Special Forces training as well. Personally, I think it would be a bad idea, and I think there should continue to be law prohibiting females from direct combat. I am old fashioned in that area.