http://wfpl.org en http://wfpl.org/post/fort-campbells-women-troops-discuss-changes-combat-roles <p>FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The Pentagon announcement on Wednesday<a href="/post/panetta-lifting-ban-women-combat-roles"> lifting a blanket ban on women in combat roles</a> will mean changes for Fort Campbell.</p><p>Female soldiers with the 101st Airborne have served closer and closer to the frontlines in recent years. Just yesterday the division honored a woman killed in Afghanistan with a memorial service.</p><p>Lt. Col. Juanita Chang is one of the highest-ranking females on post. She’s been a military police woman, chemical weapons specialist and a public affairs officer.</p> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:37:02 +0000 Blake Farmer/WPLN News 3587 at http://wfpl.org Fort Campbell's Women Troops Discuss Changes to Combat Roles http://wfpl.org/post/awol-soldier-sentenced-life-bomb-plot An AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky who was convicted of planning to blow up a restaurant full of Fort Hood troops has been sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Texas. <p> PFC Naser Abdo received the punishment today (Friday) in Waco. <p> Abdo told authorities he planned to make bombs as part of a "massive attack" against Fort Hood soldiers last year. Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:09:37 +0000 The Associated Press 1273 at http://wfpl.org