Women In Combat
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The idea of is not unusual anymore. They should be able
to hold combat positions beacause although physical strength matters, the
military still needs the intelligence that women can bring. Also, banning women
from the combat hurts their military careers. Although women account for only
ten per ....
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.... history. These women encountered the same risks as the men they
served with.
In the Persian Gulf, there were no exact positions and all areas were
equally vulnerable, so the idea of safe havens for women was not really
applicable. By many armed forces policies, females are banned from combat jobs
and units, but in the Persian Gulf War females were assigned to battleships,
aircraft carriers, and marine support groups dug into the desert. From their
experience in the Persian Gulf, militar ....
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