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Women next, then Children - ketchim - 01-24-2013 US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has lifted the military's ban on women : serving in combat roles , potentially opening hundreds of thousands of frontline positions to women. ... Re: Women next, then Children - ketchim - 01-24-2013 The ruling, officially announced on Thursday, overturns a 1994 rule : barring women from small ground-combat units. Re: Women next, then Children - ketchim - 01-24-2013 Women in combat                                         [img alt=Lieutenant Colleen Farrell stands in formation during a ceremony for the 235th birthday of the Marines on 10 November 2010 height=171 width=304]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65475000/jpg/_65475744_65474705.jpg[/img]  [li] Women have played a role in war throughout history, often in support or medical roles, but have typically been excluded from combat roles [/li] [li] From the 1970s, most Western armies began to admit women to serve active duty[/li] [li] But even these countries usually keep some roles off-limits for women[/li] Re: Women next, then Children - ketchim - 01-24-2013 Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth is a high-profile US combat veteran                                           Re: Women next, then Children - ketchim - 01-24-2013 As of 2012, more than 800 women were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan ! and at least 130 have died. Re: Women next, then Children - ketchim - 01-25-2013 Subs and Meseret should figet 'bout Guyana politics and history : and Enlist ! sweetcheeks as well ....