Women In Combat: The Roles Of Women In Combat

“Women in Combat”

Women have served in the United States military in varying capacities since the revolutionary war. On June 12, 1948 the “Women’s Armed Serves Integration Act” was passed, enabling women to serve as permanent members in all branches of the military. Prior to this law being passed many women served in the military without being able to receive the benefits that come along with military service. More recently the military has attempted to integrate women into all job rolls within the military, excluding those jobs currently closed to women. Some of the direct combat jobs that are currently closed to women include 11B infantryman, 12B combat engineer and 13B cannon crewmember. Women serving in combat roles will bring up a variety

One belief is that women are not able to fulfill the required fitness standards because of their smaller size. Another belief is that women do not have the same endurance as men. Over the past 14 years the men and women of the United States have been fighting together in the war against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. The dynamic war on terrorism has no clear front lines and many women have been involved in direct combat with the enemy even though they are not formally able to serve in combat job rolls. According to US military expert Rod Powers “about 114 women have made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terrorism” (Powers, R. (n.d.)). Many women have proven themselves physically capable of fighting and winning against the enemy in many job rolls across the armed forces. Women continue to prove their worth by keeping up with their male counter parts. Most recently, 2 women graduated from the grueling Ranger school on Aug 21, 2015 (Lamothe, D. (2015, September 2). If a women is able to meet the standards for a combat related job she should be able to serve in that roll. Although many women have proven themselves physically capable of serving in combat rolls there are some people that believe women should not be allowed to serve in combat job rolls because of the physical