An Ethical Situation: Women in Combat

Abstract

This ethics paper looks into the Army's stance on women in combat. In the Global War on Terrorism, the battlefield is nothing like the battlefield from previous engagements. Terrorism changed the way the US military fights. Asymmetric warfare is nature of warfare today. Because of this, there is no clear front line. The rise of the insurgency in the Middle East made the battlefield the way it is today. Everyone is now an active combatant, including women. This paper looks at a case where women, serving on the front lines, redefine the Army's policy of women in combat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 2006
Accession Number
AD1134125

Entities

People

  • Edson H. De Leon

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Army
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Automatic Grenade Launchers
  • Battlefields
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Patrols
  • Combat Support
  • Grenade Launchers
  • Infantry
  • Launchers
  • Machine Guns
  • Middle East
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Military Police
  • Night Vision
  • Police
  • Sea Level
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies