Pentagon Allows Women Closer to Combat, but Not Close Enough for Some.

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    • Subject Terms:
      WOMEN in war; AMERICAN women; RADIO operators; OCCUPATIONS
    • Subject Terms:
      WASHINGTON (State); UNITED States
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      WASHINGTON -- Reflecting the steady but glacial evolution of the role of American women in war, the Pentagon took a small step Thursday and announced that women would be formally permitted in crucial and dangerous jobs closer to the front lines. But it stopped short of officially allowing women to serve in combat. The decision, the result of a yearlong Pentagon review ordered by Congress, allows women to be permanently assigned to a battalion -- a ground unit of some 800 personnel -- as radio operators, medics, tank mechanics and other critical jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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