Women Warriors: Oxymoron or Reality.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show why it is in the best interests of the Army to open all military specialties, including "direct ground combat" positions to women. It is not the purpose of this paper to advocate placing women in combat arms jobs at the expense of standards or readiness. Today women comprise approximately 14.9% of the active Army. In a period of shrinking force structure and budgets, the Army cannot afford to under utilize a significant portion of its population. Current policies on ground combat exclusions for women are based on belief systems that have little correlation to women's capabilities, demonstrated performance, or requisite standards. The environment is changing and if the Army is to remain effective as an organization, it must be capable of adapting and changing as well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363893

Entities

People

  • Mary C. Frels

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Artillery
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Employment
  • Gender Discrimination
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Police
  • Military Science
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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