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    Women deserve more respect. For quite some time now, women have been participating in the military, which, of course, originally only allowed men. Throughout the years of their participation, women have demonstrated that they are just as competent as their male counterparts. Last year was a particularly significant year for female soldiers as they were finally allowed to move into battalions that were formerly all male. Jena McGregor, a writer for the Washington Post, wrote her thoughts on this…

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    combat, but this does not prevent them from piloting armed vehicles, or driving other service men into the fight. Even though they are not directly in combat with the men, they still are risking their lives. “They fly attack helicopters, command military police companies, drive infantry soldiers into combat on trucks, and ‘man’ logistics bases far forward, or in the midst, of ground maneuver forces,” (Wojack). The women in the armed forces may not be seen directly in ground combat, but if…

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    Women are in the military but are they happy with the jobs they have? Combat jobs have been restricted from women because the armed forces think that men are the only ones capable due to strength, endurance, and knowledge. Women have as much right to be assigned combat jobs as much as men because it is their life they are putting at risk and if they think they are strong enough and smart enough they should be able to. Women should have a choice whether they want to have combat jobs or not.…

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    Women In Australia

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    This type of article was common. The soldiers saw us as playing at war…” However, Australian women made a great effort on auxiliary service. Most commonly, women’s roles in the armed force were clerical but they also had an ability to involve traditional men’s roles, as truck and ambulance drivers, or aircraft ground staff. As nurses in the war, they were the ones in most area where Australian troops were sent. By the end of the war…

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    What Is Wartime Adaptation

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    In future, beside conventional wars, military forces will have to fight against hybrid or asymmetric threats in protracted wars. It will be almost impossible to predict the future enemy with precision, and develop capabilities accordingly. Moreover, the enemies - both conventional and unconventional…

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    What is my sensible view of what is and is not important ofChilderen soilders , Ivery am stunned and disturbed by it. Children should make the most of their life playingoutside,eating sugary snacks,watching toon, playing with toys, playing sports, making large, very secure places in the house usings covers and an electric lamp as a light. At the point when theword"soldier" strikes a chord many people think about a solid, brave adult who is fighting fortheir nation. Many people think about a…

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    it is about capability- not gender, and men can be equally incapable as women. Primarily, it is all about capability. Before one is allowed to join the forces, they are tested physically and intellectually. Should one be able to pass the knowledge test, and be able to withstand the wrath of physical training- the should be permitted into the forces. Would you rather have a scrawny, unhealthy make serve your country? Or a strong and healthy women…

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    during the conflict period. During this time period a vast number of these women and girls were repeatedly raped and forced into sexual slavery (Denov & Maclure, 2006). One of the girls conducted in an interview done by the Canadian Research team states that “I was raped the moment they captured me by an older man and I bled and bled. They gave me some medicine, but I could not walk. The man who raped me later carried me on his back. The same day other girls were raped too. They would just rape…

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    Bang, snap,pop! That is the sound of combat. Though some may think that women should be allowed to hold combat roles more than you might think are opposed. There are few separate living quarters, they have the potential to degrade a units combat effectiveness, and the decision will leave lots of children motherless. Women should not be allowed to hold combat positions. One reason that women should not be allowed into combat positions is the lack of separate living spaces. This is a problem…

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    levels each year. They accomplish things that people never thought they could do 50 years ago. Women have just ventured into a new task that has started great controversy in the United States. Women all over the US have been enlisting in the military, not just one branch but all of them. They have gone into the air force, to on the ground with marines. They have taken this on by storm and many people do not like how it’s turning out. Men say that women aren’t cut out for war but almost every man…

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