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AnneD

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49. But women ARE currently serving in combat operations....

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:16 PM

Jan 2013

this is basically an acknowledgement of that fact. Of all of the highly ranking officers in the services, over 80% have a combat patch. Your chance of being a woman and making it through that brass ceiling is slightly better than 0%. A lawsuit by two senior most women had been presented on behalf of all women officers (as more junior officers were afraid of blow back).

Most of the complaining has been done by non military folk and some military men. I have yet to hear complaints from women in the military. If they can do the job, they should get the credit. Getting a fair shake is all the women in the military are asking.

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