International • Created December 3, 2015 22:03

Officials: US to open all combat roles to women

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter is to announce all combat roles will be open to women, officials have said. Mr Carter is set to give the armed services until 1 January next year to submit plans to make the change, the officials said. A formal announcement is due shortly. A ban on women serving in […]

Officials: US to open all combat roles to women
Officials: US to open all combat roles to women

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter is to announce all combat roles will be open to women, officials have said.
Mr Carter is set to give the armed services until 1 January next year to submit plans to make the change, the officials said. A formal announcement is due shortly.
A ban on women serving in combat roles was lifted in 2013 but the military was given until 2016 to argue for specific posts they think should remain closed.
The Marine Corps had argued that women should be excluded from certain roles, citing studies that mixed-gender units were not as capable as all-male ones.

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