With perhaps a couple of weeks before stepping down from his position, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced ending the ban on women to serve in combat positions. The decision overturns a 1994 rule that prohibits women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units, Fox News reports. “Women have shown great courage and sacrifice [...]

On May 14, the Army will implement the new Defense Department policy that will make 14,000 combat roles available to women. Six military occupational specialties (MOS) will be opened up, and that the Army will place 37 battalions across nine brigade combat teams. The new policy will open up an additional 3 percent of Army [...]