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Women in Combat
Women in combat is an issue that I believe should be given a little more thought and attention. I personally feel that women should be allowed to be in ground combat operations if they desire to do so. I do not feel that it is fair to exclude someone from performing a job within the military simply due to their gender. I do feel that women who want to go to combat should be able to perform the same physical tasks as the men currently in those positions.
This issue hits close to home for me since my husband served four years active duty in the Army and I myself was in ROTC during my first two years of college. During those two years I was on a very strict physical fitness program and was able to perform with the same standards as the men. I do not feel that if I had continued to pursue my career as a woman in the Army that I should have been excluded from certain jobs just because of my gender.
In Lucinda Joy Peach’s essay, Women at War-The Ethics of......

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