All U S Military Combat Roles To Be Open To Women Pentagon
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Dec. 3, 2015. in a historic transformation of the american military, defense secretary ashton b. carter said on thursday that the pentagon would open all combat jobs to women. “there will be no. Updated 3:51 pm pdt, december 3, 2015. washington (ap) — after three years of study and debate, defense secretary ash carter ordered the military thursday to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that kept women from serving in combat, including the most dangerous and grueling commando posts.
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02:36. 0 seconds of 38 secondsvolume 90%. 00:00. 00:38. pentagon opens door to all combat roles for women. 00:38. jim miklaszewski is the chief pentagon correspondent for nbc news. on 9 11, he was. Nation dec 3, 2015 11:41 am edt. all combat roles in each branch of the u.s. military will be open to women, secretary of defense ashton carter announced today at the pentagon. carter said that. In effect, carter's decision will open to women about 220,000 jobs in all, or about 10 percent of the entire active and reserve force. most of those jobs are in army and marine corps infantry and. In a memorandum to the secretaries of all military departments and others, carter directed the military services to open all military occupational specialties to women 30 days from today a.
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