Will Women in Combat Make Military More or Less Effective?

By Michael Warren

Published January 24, 2013 7:31pm ET

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Will Women in Combat Make Military More or Less Effective? — Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Ryan Smith, a retired Marine infantryman who fought in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, urges caution about the Pentagon’s new directive to allow woment to fight as combat infantry. Smith describes his experience in 2003: During the invasion, we wore chemical protective suits because of the fear of chemical […]

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Ryan Smith, a retired Marine infantryman who fought in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, urges caution about the Pentagon’s new directive to allow woment to fight as combat infantry. Smith describes his experience in 2003:

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