Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses women in the united states military: pertinent issues.

Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses women in the united states military: pertinent issues. This being the 21st century, it would seem absurd that there are careers that are still considered a preserve for males only, meaning that women rarely get the chance to be involved in such careers. However, an analysis of the United States military reveals that women still face segregation in certain ranks and units within the army. Although women have been in the United States armed forces since the beginning of the 20th century, several branches within the military have always been preserved for men.

Unbelievably, in this age, there still exist positions in the military that are reserved for men, and women are not allowed to hold the said positions. For example, according to the Women’s Memorial, servicewomen are not allowed to serve in the platoons responsible for ground surveillance radars, the air defense artillery batteries, and until recently, the combat zones (9). The United States military has long restricted women within the military from participating in combat. According to Norris, for decades, the Pentagon rule dictated that women should not be assigned to units involved in ground combat. However, in 2012, the Pentagon, according to the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), sanctioned the admission of two female soldiers to the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course as part of an experiment to see whether women are capable of working in combat units (9).

FMF reports the policy director for the Service Women Action Network as having said that non-inclusion of women in combat units means that women fail to rise through the military ranks. This means that women fail to reach these heights simply because they are women, and not as a result of incompetency or lack of skills.&nbsp.

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