Women In The Military

"Women in combat" is a phrase that creates emotions rooted in people's subconscious. Images of soldiers being brutally and graphically killed race throughout minds. Movies such as "Saving Private Ryan" solidify these emotions as concrete in society's collective minds. However, today's military women are placed in harm's way. This has been proven with the ambush of Jessica Lynch and her fellow soldiers during the War in Iraq. Today's wars are not fought by hundreds of …

…as equals in the military; equality is a process. Women can easily be trained to be a mechanic, an engineer, or even a truck driver. They don't have to be limited to the traditional cook and nurse roles. This is a new age for the military and for women rights. As the military continues to evolve women could be serving on the front lines with the men, but today the men will be standing alone.