US ending ban on women serving in combat positions
By Agencies in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-25 07:26
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Female soldiers from the US 1st Cavalry join a patrol in Baghdad's al-Jihad quarter on March 21, 2004. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to lift a ban on women serving in combat. Provided by Agence France-Presse |
The US military will formally end its ban on women serving in front-line combat roles, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that could open thousands of fighting jobs to female service members for the first time.
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