In order to shatter it, Donna McAleer wants women to be allowed to serve in combat:
While the US Army has its first female 4-star general, women comprise less than 6 percent of that service's senior leadership, despite constituting more than 17 percent of the Army's active duty officer corps. Including women at the senior most strategic leadership and decision-making levels is an issue of national security. No women are eligible to serve at the top ranks within the military itself.
United States would be well served by increasing the number of sharp minds at the planning and negotiating tables. To do this, the ground combat exclusion policy must be abolished to grant women the opportunity to gain the same experience as their male counterparts. If abolished, it will take a generation, at least 30 years, for military women to gain the appropriate tactical, operation and strategic experience.
Highlights from an earlier thread debating whether women should serve in combat here, here and here.
(Photo: General Ann Dunwoody, commander of the Army Materiel Command, is sworn in during her promotion ceremony to the rank of four-star general at the Pentagon November 14, 2008 in Arlington, Virginia. With her promotion, Dunwoody became the nation's first female four-star general. By Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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