Army may eliminate women-in-combat ban

The Army is considering eliminating the women-in-combat ban as soon as January, The Washington Times reported today.
The Army is in negotiations with Rumsfeld’s staff to see if they can lift the ban—which has been in place for 10 years now. The ban won’t allow women in units that “collocate” with ground combatants.
Using Iraq as an example, Lt. Col. Chris Rodney says in the article that everyone faces similar threats in that all soldiers face attack “by rockets, mortars, roadside bombs and ambushes,” and that “there is no front-line threat right now.”
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