Assessing the assignment policy for army women

Since current policies for assigning military women were issued, the U.S. Army has changed how it organizes and fights. Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women considers whether the Army is adhering to the assignment policies as well as the appropriateness of the current U.S. Department of De...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrell, Margaret C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND National Defense Research Institute 2007, 2007
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Is there a shared interpretation of the assignment policy for Army women?
  • Is the Army complying with the assignment policy?
  • Is the assignment policy appropriate for future military operations?
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Appendixes: A. Aspin 1994 memorandum
  • B. The difference between an assignment policy and an employment policy
  • C. Opportunities available to Army women
  • D. Army women deployed to Iraq
  • E. Interviews with senior Army, OSD, and JS personnel and members of congress
  • F. Interviews and focus groups with personnel recently returned from Iraq
  • G. Army modularity, asymmetric threats, and nonlinear battlefields
  • H. Female Army recipients of the Combat Action Badge
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158)