Living Legends and Full Agency

Chapter 11 Repealing the Combat Exclusion Policy: Prospects for implementation

While the mounting lawsuits by current and former service members against Department of Defense (DoD), including those by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), perhaps served as the final and overpowering weight that forced the combat exclusion policy over the precipice to its demise, the ACLU struck a cautionary note in light of this unprecedented news. Said the ACLU, it will be imperative to bring the forces to bear by continuing the pressure on DoD and the military branches to open all closed positions to women in the military given the repeal (ACLU). Yet, in spite of the recent repeal of the combat exclusion policy, many schools, positions, and career fields ...