Military Women in the Department of Defense. Volume 2. Manpower Installations and Logistics

Abstract

Women are recognized today for the important contributions which they make to national defense. Women serve in all capacities except those prohibited by legislation or associated Service policies. This has not always been the case. Barely a decade ago women comprised less than 2% of active duty personnel. Those who served, did so in 'traditional' capacities (e.g. administration and medicine). Today, women constitute almost 10% of the active component. They serve in many career fields which have historically been staffed exclusively by men (e.g. operations, intelligence, and maintenance). The purpose of this publication is to provide current data on the status of women in the military (Active Component). A fixed data display will not portray the entire situation. Not all the statistics that could be calculated are depicted. Rather, this booklet makes selected demographic comparisons between men and women as a means of providing an overview.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA206373

Entities

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Attrition
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Transfers
  • National Security
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Reenlistment
  • Security
  • Training
  • Warfare

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