On the recordMarch 25, 2014
The Services are in the process of integrating women into ground combat roles in compliance with the 2013 DOD directive that opens all combat roles to women by January 1, 2016.
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congress.govKirsten Gillibrand: “The Services are in the process of integrating women into ground combat roles in compliance with the 2013 DOD directive…”
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Gillibrand discusses the integration of women into combat roles as per DOD directive.
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