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Female GIs Struggle With Higher Rate of Divorce
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Two failed marriages were the cost of war for Sgt. Jennifer Schobey. The breaking point in her first marriage came when her husband deployed to Afghanistan, the last in a long line of separations they had endured as they juggled two military careers. Schobey married another combat veteran, but eventually that union failed under the weight of two cases of post-traumatic stress disorder -- his and hers. They are now getting divorced. Separations. Injuries. Mental health issues. All are added weights to the normal strains of marriage. For women in the military, there's a cold, ...
Chief of Staff: Army 'Looking' at Allowing Women in Combat
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThe 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 ...
Stanley McChrystal Exits; How About the Frat-House Culture He Fed?
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyThe profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Rolling Stone infuriated me. It wasn't just that reporter Michael Hastings provided great context about why McChrystal's strategy in Afghanistan and his disdain for our allies and our civilian leaders appear to be leading us into a Vietnam-esque quagmire. (Hence, the appropriate boot for McChrystal from his commander in chief, President Barrack Obama.) McChrystal's arrogance did outrage me, for sure. But so, too, did the frat-house culture surrounding, and apparently encouraged by, McChrystal. One wonders if the atmosphere, and the decision making, ...
Pentagon Gives Nod to Big Names for Women's Panel
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 2) -- In a clear signal that the Obama administration hopes to make big changes at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has named two high-profile veterans and a prominent feminist advocate to a little-known but influential advisory panel on women in the military. Retired Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, who made headlines as the Army's highest-ranking woman when she accused a fellow general of sexual harassment, was named chairwoman of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), which is set to hold its first meeting Thursday. ...
Would-Be Female Sub Pioneer Wonders: What If?
By Adam Weinstein - AOL News(Feb. 26) -- When Rebecca Sigmon hears people say that female sailors aren't fit to serve on submarines, she wonders what more she could have done to prove them wrong. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., she got a master's degree from Johns Hopkins and a doctorate in astrophysics from Oxford, completing both in just two years. Then she went to work on the atomic reactors of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the largest warships in human history. It was all a prelude, she figured, to manning a nuclear sub. Having heard the objections to women serving ...
Time to Put a Fork in 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThis weekend, in an address to the Human Rights Campaign, President Obama affirmed his campaign promise of overturning the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, promising, "I will end 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'" One thing, though, was still missing: a date. "Progress may be taking longer than you'd like," the president said, in a nod to those who hoped that he would use Saturday's speech to start setting a timetable. "Do not doubt the destination we are heading." But, without a deadline or even a loose time line, the promises echo those of Bill Clinton, who also vowed to ...
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