Female U.S. Casualties More Common in Iraq War

In this article from CNSNews.com, the issue is not "front lines," as claimed by Department of Defense spokesman Les Melnyk in one of the article's quotes. It is direct ground combat, or DGC. In the current war in Iraq, everyone is in danger, or "in harm's way." That does not excuse the Defense Department from condoning Army actions that place female soldiers in or collocated with DGC battalions, which are required by regulation to be all-male 100% of the time. Temporary changes in the missions of those units do not permit violations of still-current DoD regulations and the congressional notification law. More...