Commission To Recommend Allowing Women In Combat Units -- Stars And Stripes
WASHINGTON — A military advisory panel appears poised to recommend allowing female troops to serve in combat units without any restrictions, calling the current prohibition an out-of-date idea that unnecessarily discriminates against women.
If approved by military officials, the move could open front-line posts to military women for the first time. Until now, either U.S. law or Pentagon policy has prohibited female troops from serving in any unit whose primary mission is direct ground combat, although they may serve in combat support roles.
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Update: Panel To Recommend Allowing Women In Combat -- NPR
My Comment: The sentence that caught my attention was the following ....
.... Since 2001, 114 female U.S. servicemembers have been killed in fighting in Iraq and 23 have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan.
But still .... putting women soldiers in FOBs and/or dangerous missions .... hmmmm .... I have my doubts.