WOMEN IN COMBAT

In: The national interest, Band 32, S. 75-76

Abstract

THE INTEGRATION OF WOMEN INTO THE AMERICAN MILITARY HAS BEEN A GRADUAL PROCESS PUNCTUATED BY HISTORIC MILESTONE. THE GULF WAR HIGHTLIGHTED THE JOBS WOMEN ALREADY DO IN THE MILITARY AND THE LAWS AND POLICIES WHICH CONTINUED TO CIRCUMSCRIBE THEIR PARTICIPATION. WHILE MANY AMERICANS CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ALLOWING WOMEN IN GROUND COMBAT, THE SERVICES ARE READY TO OPEN COMBAT SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT TO WOMEN. WOMEN CAN DO THESE JOBS, AND AS A SOCIETY, WE SHOULD NOT PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING SO.