Should Women Be Allowed in Combat Roles?
U.S. defense officials last week gave the green light to women taking on the same combat jobs that are open to their male counterparts. Tell us if you agree with the policy change.
Women in the U.S. military could one day become members of the elite special operations forces and take on other combat roles previously reserved only for men. The Associated Press reported last week that American defense officials signed an order overturning a nearly two-decade-old rule that prohibited women from being assigned thousands of jobs in the areas of front-line artillery, infantry, special operations and more. Military officials will now have until mid-May to develop plans for allowing women to seek the once-prohibited combat positions, but three years to make cases for certain positions remaining closed to women. Some are skeptical of the change in policy. In a column published on CNN, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin says …
Brian
1:45 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
The battlefield is a bit more technological now than a couple guys wrestling with knives in hand, and being 280 lbs of muscle isn't going to help you when you are blown up by a mortar. more ›