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Published: 01/18/11

Women in Combat: Study Recommends Ending Military's Last Male Bastion

By David Wood - Politics Daily

Heather Pfleuger -- an exuberant, all-American, girl-next-door -- was transformed when she arrived in Afghanistan. She'd shrug into her body armor, strap on her helmet, yank on gloves, goggles and scarf, and slide down behind her turret-mounted Mark-19, a 40mm grenade launcher. From there, she could kill an armored vehicle and everybody in it a mile away. When she whooped with glee and led a convoy outside the wire, local Afghan fighters, hard men who'd faced down the Russians and the Taliban, fell respectfully silent. "Specialist Pfleuger can hit anything,'' her squad leader. Sgt. Kevin ...

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Published: 01/7/11

Chief of Staff: Army 'Looking' at Allowing Women in Combat

By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News

The Army is taking another look at restrictions that prohibit women from serving in units involved in front-line combat, according to the Army's outgoing chief of staff. "We're looking at revising the policy," Gen. George Casey said at an event in northern Virginia Thursday morning, Military.com reported. "We've had some work going on for a while, and that'll double back up to the secretary, I would think, in the next couple of months." Women can serve in roles that support combat units but are restricted from infantry and jobs expected to bring them into direct combat. However, the ...

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Published: 12/7/10

Remembering the Women at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941

By Donna Trussell - Politics Daily

There were women at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. No one talks about it much because there were so few of them compared to the men. Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also known as the "date that will live in infamy." The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a national park. A new $56 million visitor's center is being dedicated this week. The highlight of the four days of events marking the occasion is a ceremony this morning at 7:30 a.m. Honolulu time, exactly 18 minutes before the 1941 attack began. Out of the 1,511 men on board the USS Arizona, 334 ...

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Published: 08/17/09

Women in Combat: GI Jane Goes to Iraq and Afghanistan

By Alex Wagner - Politics Daily

Given the ever-shifting measures of success regarding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's heartening to know that one major battle is being won, decisively. Monday's New York Times reports that the fight to integrate female soldiers into combat zones -- in this case, the front lines of battle in the Mideast – has been won. Handily. The combat in Iraq and Afghanistan marks the first time that "tens of thousands of American military women have lived, worked and fought with men for prolonged periods . . . They have changed the way the United States military goes to war. They have ...

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