Woman In Combat Roles Essay

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Women in Combat Roles

Kelly Privatte

Excelsior College

CCS112

29 JAN 2017

Chosen topic: Women in Combat Roles

Thesis Statement

While critics cite physical incapability, ineffectiveness and reduced morale as reasons to oppose assigning women combat roles, the benefits of women taking part in such roles are high, ranging from military readiness, to career advancement.

Keywords and phrases generated from the thesis statement/brainstorming activity used for OneSearch:

1. Gender roles in the military

2. Women in the army

3. Career progression of women in the military

4. Gender-based discrimination in the military

• A short paragraph (a few sentences) about what you learned during the search process and how it went for you.

During this search process for this project, I learned that attention to detail is crucial when entering the proper information to search in OneSearch. If the incorrect information in input into OneSearch, then the results may not be exactly what you are looking for. If you search is more specific then it is easier to receive search results for what you are looking for.

• Three citations for the resources that you found that support your thesis statement.

References

Anderson, M. K., Grier, T., Canham-Chervak, M., Bushman, T. T., & Jones, B. H. (2015). Physical Training, Smoking, and Injury During Deployment: A Comparison of Men and Women in the US Army. U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, 32-38.

Fieseler, B., Hampf, M. M., & Schwarzkopf, J. (2014). Gendering combat: Military women's status in Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Women's Studies International Forum, 47(Part A), 115-126. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.06.011

Harrell, M. C., & United, S. (2007). Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Nicolas, A. (2015). What the Female Engagement Team Experience Can Teach Us About the Future of Women in Combat. Military Review, 95(2), 56-61.

Rumsey, M. G., Wooten, N. R., & Ramsberger, P. F. (2012). A History of the Research Into Methods for Selecting and Classifying U.S. Army Personnel, 1917-2011. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press.

References

Rozakis, L. (2007). Schaum's quick guide to writing great research papers (2nd ed.)

Sheppard, C. (2007). Women in combat. Army War Coll Carlisle Barracks Pa.