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Qualified Women Granted Access To All Military Jobs, Including Infantry, Special Operations

Qualified Women Granted Access To All Military Jobs, Including Infantry, Special Operations
First Lt. Shaye Haver, Apache pilot, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, left, traverses an obstacle during the Ranger Assessment held at Fort Carson to improve the participant’s chances of completing Ranger School, Oct. 24, 2014.

In the most sweeping personnel reform since the military ended segregation, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced Thursday that all military occupational specialties will be opened to qualified women without exception.“To succeed in our mission of national defense, we cannot afford to cut ourselves off from half the country’s talents and skills,” Carter said during a press conference at the Pentagon. “We have to take full advantage of every individual who can meet our standards.”A total 111,000 positions were open…

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