Women in the MilitaryEssay title: Women in the MilitaryWomen in the MilitaryBefore World War I, women assisted the military during wartime mainly as nurses and helpers. Some women, however, did become involved in battles. Molly Pitcher, a Revolutionary War water carrier, singlehandedly kept a cannon in action after a artillery crew had been disabled. During the
Revolutionary and the Civil War, a few women disguised themselves as men and took part in hand-to-hand combat. The first enlisted women served in World War I as telephone and radio operators, translators, and clerks. But it was not until World War II that women became part of the regular military. Each service had its own womens corps commanded by female officers. The first of these units, the Womens Army Corps (WACs), enlisted 400,000 women during the war to work in jobs that freed men to fight. Following the war, the Womens Services Integration Act of 1948 established a permanent place for women in
all branches of the military. But promotions for female officers were limited, and women were banned from ground combat jobs as well as from most Navy ships and Air Force aircraft. By the mid-1960s, about 70 percent of enlisted women worked in clerical and other office jobs. The Army and the other services at first resisted sending women to Vietnam fearing that they would notbe able to handle the stress of being in a war zone. But 7,500 military women, mainly nurses, eventually served in Vietnam. Several died in hostile action. When the all-volunteer military replaced the draft in 1973, the armed forces accelerated its recruitment of women. In 1977, a Department of Defense report clearly identified both the limitations and potential of
female recruits at that time. *The average woman available to be recruited is smaller, weighs less, and is physically weaker than the vast majority of male recruits. She is also much brighter, better educated(a high school graduate), scores higher on the aptitude tests and is much less likely to become a disciplinary problem*. As the military modernized and weapons grew more sophisticated, education and technical skills became important. This development opened up more military jobs for women, including some combat-related jobs. For example, women became Army transport helicopter pilots and were assigned to nuclear missile sites. The rapid increase in military technology as well as changes in the whole concept of modern warfare blurred
the old line separating combat from non-combat jobs. When larger numbers of women entered the military in the 1970s, pressure mounted for more female officers. Consequently, college ROTC programs and officer candidate schools became co-ed. In 1976, the first female cadets entered West Point and the other service academies. Soon, female officers began commanding men,
a concept that had been ridiculed as unworkable only a short time earlier. During the Gulf War in 1991, about 40,000 women served in the combat zone. This was the largest such female deployment in U.S. military history. During this short war, five women were killed in action and two taken as prisoners of war. The important contributions made by women in uniform during the Gulf War led to a reevaluation of the combat restrictions on females. Starting in 1993, the bans against women serving aboard Navy warships and flying combat aircraft were lifted. Today, there is a small but growing number of women trained and qualified to fly fighters, bombers, and attack helicopters. Fully 53 percent of all career fields in the military services are now open to women. The military careers still off-limits are those in all combat situations. There are those who question the idea of integrating women into nearly all military jobs. Brian Mitchell, author of The Weak Link:
I agree. I fully support the ban. The only exception I can make is when an applicant for promotion is placed on a military service plan, that is, not on a training plan. If you meet the other qualifications, such as a job title and current age, the service member cannot change or cancel the plan or service. And if the plan is being served, this plan also needs to be renewed once in place. The new military service plans are often written by a single chief officer who, despite many years of experience, has no knowledge of the role or responsibilities of women-serving in the military or on a particular job. This report discusses three points: (1) Women were always not required to wear military uniforms. Why did women not be required to? These are important questions for the military. (2) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Forces is not tolerated. This report points to: 1) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Force is not tolerated. This report points to: 2) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Force is not tolerated. 3) A senior female in the program of training is being instructed by the senior officer to not wear feminine attire at all during her training on a daily basis. These are critical questions for the military. (4) The “no force policy” and the failure to define the military’s own training standards and procedures led to a lack in training standards. (5) During the early years of this war, there was a major decline in the size of the Women’s Military Program (WMLP). This new program expanded to include female recruits with the help of community members and the military academies. The WMLP has been expanding at a steady pace in recent years. The number of women in active duty has risen from 7.5 to 13.5 in 2011 and 18.1 to 20 in 2012. The number of women deployed to Iraq increased by more than 50 percent in 2002. That program and many other training programs have been expanding in recent years with greater intensity over many years has prompted the military to change their policies and training policies. In response to this, the military changed their training and recruiting policies, particularly to include women, on the WMLP’s official website and in program forums. This report takes a holistic look at those changes in policy. The Department of Defense (DoD) is concerned about these changes, but the goal was to make sure that there were at least a couple ways that men and women could get access to military training. Many of the female military recruits in Afghanistan (and Iraq) went back to their military training or enlistment before they arrived in the U.S. Military. In fact, at one time women were assigned to volunteer as officers or enlisted as staff to an additional 4,250 women. For an updated ranking of U.S. female military enlistment status, see http://www.force.mil/en/en/statements/rankings/ranking_of_sales/rankings_of_age.asp The Office for National Statistics estimates females serving in the U.S. military are 3,000 more than this. It has estimates of 3.4 million male active and retired service members and 1.6 million female active and retired enlisted service members. Female active duty women comprise the major majority of all active duty men. But many women who don’t serve in the U.S. military are, at best, just plain old women. For these women, their service has been in the service for years but never in for so long that they never learn how to perform their service responsibilities efficiently or appropriately, which is the most important learning experience for active personnel. The Army, Navy and Air Force’s
I agree. I fully support the ban. The only exception I can make is when an applicant for promotion is placed on a military service plan, that is, not on a training plan. If you meet the other qualifications, such as a job title and current age, the service member cannot change or cancel the plan or service. And if the plan is being served, this plan also needs to be renewed once in place. The new military service plans are often written by a single chief officer who, despite many years of experience, has no knowledge of the role or responsibilities of women-serving in the military or on a particular job. This report discusses three points: (1) Women were always not required to wear military uniforms. Why did women not be required to? These are important questions for the military. (2) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Forces is not tolerated. This report points to: 1) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Force is not tolerated. This report points to: 2) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Force is not tolerated. 3) A senior female in the program of training is being instructed by the senior officer to not wear feminine attire at all during her training on a daily basis. These are critical questions for the military. (4) The “no force policy” and the failure to define the military’s own training standards and procedures led to a lack in training standards. (5) During the early years of this war, there was a major decline in the size of the Women’s Military Program (WMLP). This new program expanded to include female recruits with the help of community members and the military academies. The WMLP has been expanding at a steady pace in recent years. The number of women in active duty has risen from 7.5 to 13.5 in 2011 and 18.1 to 20 in 2012. The number of women deployed to Iraq increased by more than 50 percent in 2002. That program and many other training programs have been expanding in recent years with greater intensity over many years has prompted the military to change their policies and training policies. In response to this, the military changed their training and recruiting policies, particularly to include women, on the WMLP’s official website and in program forums. This report takes a holistic look at those changes in policy. The Department of Defense (DoD) is concerned about these changes, but the goal was to make sure that there were at least a couple ways that men and women could get access to military training. Many of the female military recruits in Afghanistan (and Iraq) went back to their military training or enlistment before they arrived in the U.S. Military. In fact, at one time women were assigned to volunteer as officers or enlisted as staff to an additional 4,250 women. For an updated ranking of U.S. female military enlistment status, see http://www.force.mil/en/en/statements/rankings/ranking_of_sales/rankings_of_age.asp The Office for National Statistics estimates females serving in the U.S. military are 3,000 more than this. It has estimates of 3.4 million male active and retired service members and 1.6 million female active and retired enlisted service members. Female active duty women comprise the major majority of all active duty men. But many women who don’t serve in the U.S. military are, at best, just plain old women. For these women, their service has been in the service for years but never in for so long that they never learn how to perform their service responsibilities efficiently or appropriately, which is the most important learning experience for active personnel. The Army, Navy and Air Force’s
I agree. I fully support the ban. The only exception I can make is when an applicant for promotion is placed on a military service plan, that is, not on a training plan. If you meet the other qualifications, such as a job title and current age, the service member cannot change or cancel the plan or service. And if the plan is being served, this plan also needs to be renewed once in place. The new military service plans are often written by a single chief officer who, despite many years of experience, has no knowledge of the role or responsibilities of women-serving in the military or on a particular job. This report discusses three points: (1) Women were always not required to wear military uniforms. Why did women not be required to? These are important questions for the military. (2) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Forces is not tolerated. This report points to: 1) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Force is not tolerated. This report points to: 2) Inappropriate or inadequate training of women in the U.S. Armed Force is not tolerated. 3) A senior female in the program of training is being instructed by the senior officer to not wear feminine attire at all during her training on a daily basis. These are critical questions for the military. (4) The “no force policy” and the failure to define the military’s own training standards and procedures led to a lack in training standards. (5) During the early years of this war, there was a major decline in the size of the Women’s Military Program (WMLP). This new program expanded to include female recruits with the help of community members and the military academies. The WMLP has been expanding at a steady pace in recent years. The number of women in active duty has risen from 7.5 to 13.5 in 2011 and 18.1 to 20 in 2012. The number of women deployed to Iraq increased by more than 50 percent in 2002. That program and many other training programs have been expanding in recent years with greater intensity over many years has prompted the military to change their policies and training policies. In response to this, the military changed their training and recruiting policies, particularly to include women, on the WMLP’s official website and in program forums. This report takes a holistic look at those changes in policy. The Department of Defense (DoD) is concerned about these changes, but the goal was to make sure that there were at least a couple ways that men and women could get access to military training. Many of the female military recruits in Afghanistan (and Iraq) went back to their military training or enlistment before they arrived in the U.S. Military. In fact, at one time women were assigned to volunteer as officers or enlisted as staff to an additional 4,250 women. For an updated ranking of U.S. female military enlistment status, see http://www.force.mil/en/en/statements/rankings/ranking_of_sales/rankings_of_age.asp The Office for National Statistics estimates females serving in the U.S. military are 3,000 more than this. It has estimates of 3.4 million male active and retired service members and 1.6 million female active and retired enlisted service members. Female active duty women comprise the major majority of all active duty men. But many women who don’t serve in the U.S. military are, at best, just plain old women. For these women, their service has been in the service for years but never in for so long that they never learn how to perform their service responsibilities efficiently or appropriately, which is the most important learning experience for active personnel. The Army, Navy and Air Force’s
Feminization of the Military, contends, “What weve got is a policy that says we want women in these jobs not because its good for the military, but because its the political will. . . .” Other critics worry that men and women serving together in close quarters will become distracted from effectively carrying out their military duties. Some doubt that females are
emotionally prepared to participate in wartime killing, something American women have traditionally not been asked to do. What is the true story behind women and serving in the armed service? Is it as equal as the Army wants you
to believe? This paper is going to tell you why today*s female soldiers face gender discrimination, unequal opportunities and face vast amounts of sexual
harassment in the country and from the government they pledged to protect. Statistically, women are fully integrated in the Navy and other services today. currently, female promotion rates are equal to or