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It has done to keep women from being recognized for serving in combat. >> to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or the battalion level, and this will now allow women to have some of that command time. >> in 2009, major mary jennings hager, a combat helicopter pilot in the california air national guard, she was on a medevac mission in afghanistan when her aircraft was shot down. she was wounded on the ground. she had 15 pieces of shrapnel in her right ...

Ground combat roles. lifting the 20-year ban against women in combat will ultimately put them directly into the heat of battle. it opens some 237,000 combat-related positions to women. initially women will be assigned to combat support roles, communications, logistics and as drivers. gradually, theyll work their way close to the battle as medics, coremen and manning artillery before they become combat infantry troops. despite the ban, women paid the ultimate price of war. 152 u.s. military women...

It has done to keep women from being recognized for serving in combat. >> to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or the battalion level, and this will now allow women to have some of that command time. >> in 2009, major mary jennings hager, a combat helicopter pilot in the california air national guard, she was on a medevac mission in afghanistan when her aircraft was shot down. she was wounded on the ground. she had 15 pieces of shrapnel in her right ...

Being recognized for serving in combat. >> to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or the battalion level, and this will now allow women to have some of that command time. >> in 2009, major mary jennings hager, a combat helicopter pilot in the california air national guard, she was on a medevac mission in afghanistan when her aircraft was shot down. she was wounded on the ground. she had 15 pieces of shrapnel in her right arm and leg, but she still retu...

Battle zone jobs. smos believing they would be able to fight on the front line. in 2012 they asked them to go to infantry officer training. and only two volunteers and -- volunteered and they both cleared the course. the job i want to do in the military does not include combat arms. it is a choice to join combat arms and it should be a personal decision not a required one. the views mirrored in other surveys done in the 90s were 900 army women polled, and it felt the issue was pushed by, quote, ...

>> women dont want to hold come positions. >> if they are not volunteering it is not an al gore hipocracy. it means no woman should be allowed to serve in combat. >> nobody is saying they are not allowed. thats the point of the story. they are completely allowed and what is happening is they are not volunteering. >> they are not completely allowed. >> they are looking into doing it, but right now you cant -- a woman cannot enlist in combat. >> you can enlist for training as an officer in combat ...

Armed soldiers, infantry armored artillery, signal units in some cases and so on. for the combat arms, they are constantly burning up calories. they are in training in the field all the time although that is liable to go down as we dont have enough money to put them in the field with the fiscal cliff. but for a large portion of the military establishment, theyre sitting behind desks. these are enlisted people as well as officers and theyre still eating. >> one of the things weve seen, for exampl...

Out on americas news headquarters. plus meet the real g.i. jane. this 21-year-old is the first woman to enlist in one of six combat arms supports jobs the army has just opened up to women. >> this is a fox news alert. egypts new president is flexing his muscle and gearing up for a fight with the military. he has ordered parliament to reconvene in direct defiance of the military decree that dissolved the legislature last month and a court ruling. the military ruled egypt for 16 months for hosni m...

Combat arms. >> there are gay people serving right now in every rank in every specialty, and i dont think it will be a big deal at all. >> after 18 years of work on this i witness the end. these are tears of joichlt ive got to tell you. these are tears of joy. so happy to be present for this day that id always dreamed of. >> america realizes its promise to everybody to live fairly and serve openly and be able to give all of themselves to this great country of ours. >> join joint chiefs chairman ...

Back. 200 miles an hour and 50,000 feet. >> laser bomb. >> it has ordinance capability. it can be airborne for the same 24-hour period however they have multiple station capability we can put much more robust 5,000 pound missile third station capability we can put on other systems we needy pending on what the ground commander wants. >> captain boyd smith is a reaper pilot for mq 9. >> i have supported 300 combat arms flying this aircraft. >> the mission is? >> information surveillance and recogn...