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December 03, 2015
Pentagon To Open All Combat Jobs to Women In Historic, Fundamentally Transforming Change
Yup.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter will order the military to open up all combat jobs to women.
The Associated Press reported on Thursday Carter is giving the armed services until Jan. 1 to submit plans to make the historic change.
Carter's official aonnouncement is expected later Thursday.
It rebuffs arguments from the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman that the Marine Corps should be allowed to exclude women from certain front-line combat jobs, citing studies showing that mixed-gender units aren't as capable as all-male units.