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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: TRIALS AND ERRORS IN INTEGRATING FEMALE SOLDIERS
Description: At its best, integrating women or any new group of people makes you re-evaluate where the Army is as a whole
The current discourse on the inclusion of women in combat roles follows a long history of questions surrounding the roles and restrictions afforded to women in the military. Positive change often came about out of necessity, as the demands of war exceeded available manpower, leading to opportunities for women to make significant and lasting contributions to the force. But positive change was subject to systemization as the defense enterprise had to answer questions of 'how' integration would take place...