Assessing the assignment policy for army women
By: Margaret C. Harrell ... [et al.].
Contributors: Harrell, Margaret C.; United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Publisher: RAND National Defense Research Institute
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780833041500
Subjects: Women in combat -- Government policy -- United States; Women soldiers -- Government policy -- United States; United States -- Armed Forces -- Women
Notes: "MG-590-1-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Is there a shared interpretation of the assignment policy for Army women?; title: Is the Army complying with the assignment policy?; title: Is the assignment policy appropriate for future military operations?; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Appendixes: A. Aspin 1994 memorandum; title: B. The difference between an assignment policy and an employment policy; title: C. Opportunities available to Army women; title: D. Army women deployed to Iraq; title: E. Interviews with senior Army, OSD, and JS personnel and members of congress; title: F. Interviews and focus groups with personnel recently returned from Iraq; title: G. Army modularity, asymmetric threats, and nonlinear battlefields; title: H. Female Army recipients of the Combat Action Badge.