GI Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier

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<p>GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY! ;)</p>

<p>This article is part of the NYT series, Women at Arms.
Don’t miss the multi-media and slide show.</p>

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<p>Women at Arms</p>

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<p>Many thanks for initial site, and ongoing references … quite a story, which I would think would be of major interest to military women regardless of Service … I hope your “usna” designation won’t keep the Army aspirants from checking out these pages …</p>

<p>Yep—women are in combat now, whether designated as such or not. I believe at least two have been awared the silver star for heroism thus far in the War on Terror.</p>