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Podcast: Fight In Progress
Episode: Girl at Sea - Joanna Walters
Description: Welcome to Fight in Progress!
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With Memorial Day on the horizon, we are honored to be joined by former Naval Officer, and author of "Girl at Sea", Joanna Walters.
Women have bravely served in the U.S. Navy for nearly a century, but they have only been allowed to serve in combat roles for the last twenty-five years. When the combat exclusion law was lifted in 1993, women in the Navy soon had a new range of opportunities available to them. The repeal of the law finally gave women the chance to serve on combatant ships f...