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Tagged: Combat

National Security
1:02 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

Around The Globe, Women Already Serve In Combat Units

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A female Israeli soldier runs during an urban warfare exercise at an army training facility near Zeelim, Israel, on June 19, 2008.
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A female officer salutes during a graduation ceremony at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul June 13, 2012. Around 2000 Afghan soldiers and officers including 16 women graduated on Wednesday at the training center in Kabul.
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A Syrian National Defense force woman who just finished training, holds a rifle at the training center in Wadi al-Dahab in the Syrian city of Homs, on Jan. 21.
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Private Dajana Bartczewski (left) puts camouflage paint on the face of a male soldier during an exercise by German Bundeswehr soldiers from the barracks in Augustdorf, western Germany, on Jan. 9, 2001.
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A female Israeli soldier runs during an urban warfare exercise at an army training facility, near Zeelim, Israel on June 19, 2008.
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Kenya women army soldiers during march past at the Nyayo National Stadium, in Nairobi, on June 1, 2012, during the 49th Madaraka Day celebrations, which marks the independence from British rule.
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Sri Lankan army women officers participate in a tug-of-war during an event to celebrate Sinhalese and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 10, 2012.
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A female Israeli soldier runs during an urban warfare exercise at an army training facility near Zeelim, Israel, on June 19, 2008.
Credit Frank Augustein / AP
Private Dajana Bartczewski (left) puts camouflage paint on the face of a male soldier during an exercise by German Bundeswehr soldiers from the barracks in Augustdorf, western Germany, on Jan. 9, 2001.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 12:55 pm

Israel, Germany and Canada are among the countries that have already marched down the path the U.S. will soon follow in allowing women a role in front-line combat units.

And most experts say the integration of women into such roles elsewhere has gone smoothly, despite concerns as to whether they would be up to the physical demands and about the question of fraternization between male and female troops.

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Local News
4:14 pm
Wed January 23, 2013

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Opens Combat to Women

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WASHINGTON — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.

The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule banning women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's decision gives the military services until January 2016 to seek special exceptions if they believe any positions must remain closed to women.

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