Assessing the assignment policy for army women / Margaret C. Harrell ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrell, Margaret C.

United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in combat--Government policy--United States.

Women in combat.

Women soldiers--Government policy--United States.

Women soldiers.

United States--Armed Forces--Women.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The current U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy for assigning military women was issued in 1994, and the U.S. Army's assignment policy dates to 1992. In the ensuing years, the U.S. Army has undergone significant technological and organizational transformation, which has changed how it organizes and fights. There is concern that, in the course of operations in Iraq, the Army has not been adhering to its own assignment policy, as there are several important and potentially problematic differences between the DoD and Army policies. For example, the DoD policy prohibits the assignment of women

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.

Notes:

"MG-590-1-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158).

ISBN:

1-281-18111-0

9786611181116

0-8330-4271-8

OCLC:

476120015

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access