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Women and war

Women and war. By: kelly Truesdale. History. August 13,1918, first female marine is Opha Mae Johnson June 12, 1948, President Truman signed the Woman’s Armed Services Integration Act

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Women and war

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  1. Women and war By: kellyTruesdale

  2. History August 13,1918, first female marine is Opha Mae Johnson June 12, 1948, President Truman signed the Woman’s Armed Services Integration Act July 1, 1948, the first women entered the regular Army and in December the first WAC officers received regular Army appointments Women often disguised themselves as men in order to serve

  3. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) First training center opened at Fort Des Moines on July 20, 1942 Assigned to 150 women table of organization company Jobs include: clerks, typists, drivers, cooks, and a political movement known as unit cadre No life insurance and no death gratuity

  4. Women in the Military Today Over 229,000 women serve on active duty 15 percent of these women are officers; this is about the same percentage as men Women today are thoroughly integrated into combat support roles Women are held to a high standard today

  5. Women in the Military Today con.. No laws prohibit women in combat Laws do prohibit permanent assignment of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force to ships and aircraft engaged in combat missions These prohibitions bar women in many career fields In the armed services overall, 50 percent of jobs are open, but the percentages vary greatly by services

  6. Women in Combat In 2013, more than 26,000 females were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and close to 195,000 have served there since the war began Women have acted as gunners on top a Humvee in Iraq Women often found themselves under the line of fire having to react like a infantryman Proving women are capable of defending our country to the same extent as men

  7. Restrictions for women Department of Defense policy restricts women from being assigned to units below the brigade level whose primary mission is to engage in direct combat on the ground Restricted jobs: infantry, artillery, armor, combat engineers, and special operations Women’s right supporters contend that the exclusionary policy prevents women from gaining leadership positions and view expanding the roles of women

  8. The beginning of change In 2013, the pentagon ordered the armed forces to open all combat jobs to women by 2016 Combat plans call for Marines to decide on full integration of women into infantry and Reconnaissance battalions by March 2015 Integrating Navy jobs to working closely with marines on the ground According to the Navy’s plan, SWCC and SEAL sailors could enter the training pipeline as early as 2016 Females on Virginina-Class (SSN-774) attack sub by 2015 6 females graduate Navy SWCC training

  9. Changes Con.. PFT standards change to better equality Integration into Special Warfare is the hardest and U.S. Special operations Command Communities(SOCOM) is currently studying mixed gender units and plan to complete their studies this year Navy Special Warfare is studying female integration into SEALs Women could enter training for SEALs in fall of 2015

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