The Atlantic

The New Formal Roles for Women in Combat

The Pentagon opened the door for women to serve in combat Thursday, allowing females to serve in thousands of military jobs that inch them closer, if not directly on, the front lines. The new rules, ...
Time

Women in Combat: Listening to Those Who Have Been There

U.S. Army convoys are given the thumbs up from a fellow soldier after crossing into Kuwait during the last convoy out of Iraq December 18, 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on ...
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U.S. Army, Fort Cavazos medics prepare testing of new female trauma manikin

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Prosthetic body parts of a medical manikin are unpackaged from large trunk cases and assembled on a stretcher on the morning of Jan. 9 in the Fort Cavazos Medical Simulation ...
Stars and Stripes

One year later, military criticized over rate of progress for women in combat

WASHINGTON — A year after the Pentagon opened combat jobs to female servicemembers, plans for integrating women into these jobs remain problematic, women’s advocates said this week. The Marine Corps ...
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Pennsylvania National Guard trains future combat medics

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The latest class of future combat medics is nearing completion of the 68W Healthcare Specialist Military Occupational Specialty Transition course at the Pennsylvania ...
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Army competition tests medics’ ability to keep wounded soldiers alive beyond ‘golden hour’

NAPLES, Italy — The Army is testing the ability of its combat medics to keep critically injured soldiers alive on the future battlefield, where they no longer will be able to rely on quick medical ...