Women take on combat duties

By John Kerin
August 11, 2005


WOMEN will be posted to frontline combat zones under changes to military rules to tackle a recruiting crisis in the armed forces.Defence Personnel Minister De-Anne Kelly is expected to announce as early as today that restrictions will be lifted on women serving in the army's four frontline war units, making them eligible for active service in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The new rules will make the Australian Defence Force one of the most progressive in the world, putting female soldiers in more dangerous battlefield positions than their British or US counterparts.

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