When did women start serving in combat positions?

Yes, women can be in the Australian Army, but they cannot be in direct combat roles. 10.6 % of the positions are occupied by women.

yes,they should.Women Have a equel position as men

They freed men up to do combat tasks.

since world war ll

Serving in traditional nursing/administrative roles: WWII. Serving in combat roles: Operation Desert Storm (1991) was their first combat; and on to the present.

Removed the ban against women serving as combat pilots.

Yes. In January, 2013, the military lifted the ban for women in combat roles, but many women served in combat before the ban was formally lifted. According to the Associated Press, women will be able to start training as Army Rangers in mid-2015 and women will be able to start training as Navy SEALs in mid-2016.

removed the ban against women serving as combat pilots.

The question is in the category "World War I". The US did not allow women into the "army" proper at the time; they instead joined the Women's Army Corps and were assigned to non-combat positions (mostly clerical and other "service" roles). On January 24, 2013, the US Secretary of Defense officially removed the ban on women serving in combat positions, but the details and ramifications of this are still working themselves out. There's currently no…

Women are allowed to serve in many more positions than they used to. Now in the US women can serve in pretty much every position with the exceptions of combat arms (i.e. infantry, artillery, etc) and spec ops positions.

probably due to female frailness and lack of strength for such harsh duties (in the past). however, females are now allowed some combat position asignments such as pilots.................

Women were not in positions to engage in combat directly. Almost all the women in the military in South East Asia were in administrative or medical positions. There were also civilian women in South East Asia that worked with the USO or the American Red Cross for example. Some women were reporters or journalists. Others were teachers, or humanitarian workers. Sometimes women were in places that were attacked by the enemy.

They are; women make up a large portion of many countries' armed forces. The real question is "should women be allowed in combat?" Since this is an opinion question I will say no to combat. Women want to be in it. However they don't realize how horrible it really is. Women have been in the military since the early part of last century and they have done an outstanding job and we even have female…

They did not serve "combat" positions, however they did serve in dangerous roles as nurses and in other non combat military occupations. Most women in the military during WWII were used to free up jobs in the US, to allow for more Men to go overseas to fight. The largest role of women during WWII was leaving the home to take over jobs for men as they went off to war, by doing so, they…

Answer this question…Women in the Soviet Union served directly in combat, while women in the United States served primarily in support positions.

Combat positions. They could be a nurse, work in offices, and be a driver, but not fight. It is only recently women have been allowed to be fighter pilots.

No. Women serving in the US army are prevented from obtaining a combat arms Military Occupation Specialty (MOS). All US army Special Forces (Green Berets) MOSes are under the category of "combat arms" thus preventing females from trying out. However women are allowed to work in various support roles for Special Forces.

The Korean War Memorial was built to honor those men and women who died in combat while serving in the Korean War.

the wrens- and those women who dug gardens for becoming self effecient- There were WAVES, WRENS, and in the US Army, but they were not in combat. They served in clerical, nursing and other service positions. The Soviet Union may have had female troops in combat, but I am not sure. And of course, in the French Resistance - just watch the old movies. They always had to have a heroine.

Mostly nurses, all volunteers, and part of the WACs, WAFs, and WAVES. Those latter units were disbanded in 1975 at war's end, and the new all volunteer equal-opportunity military took their place. As women are historically prohibited from combat, they served in various non-combat roles, including doctors, nurses, mechanics, training officers, transport pilots (non-war zone) and numerous administrative positions in both military and government positions.

Women have always had a place in the military since 1775. Women first started out as just nurses but in the 1970's it became common for women to fight alongside men.

No, they're actually opening up more and more career fields for women in these positions. Years ago, a woman would never be near the front lines. Now it's a daily occurence.

With the large amount of women in the modern army, women inevitably find themselves in combat situations. Women are not intentionally put into combat situations. Women are not allowed into the fire and maneuver branches of armor and infantry. These are the two army branches that go out looking to get into close combat with the enemy. Everyone else, and subsequently the women, avoid direct enemy contact.

Early 1970's. But the US is among countries that still does not allow women to fill active combat duties on the front line, but are allowed to fill other positions such as artillery. Other countries including Canada, Sweden, and Denmark do allow this though.

Christian women somtimes went in to combat as soldiors, and took part in offensive combat

Many American women worked outside the home for the first time. Women performed many jobs that had previously only been performed by men, including work in factories, driving, and serving in non-combat roles in the military.

In western nations historically women did the cooking, cleaning, washing and mending of clothes, and house chores. Today the roles women play have very few limitations. They have been heads of state, such as Margaret Thatcher, fire fighters, police officers, and pilots. The US military discourages women from serving in active combat roles.

In many countries, women were not allowed in combat. But there were cases of women fighting, generally because it was necessary for survival. There were women in the French Resistance. There were women fighting in the Russian Air Force.

(in the US) Until recently females were prohibited from serving as crew on submarines, however that has been rescinded. Currently the only duty prohibited to women is to engage in ground combat as members of the Infantry. In this day and age, that prohibition is becoming less and less relevant.

None. WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam were all fought by men. Women were part of the WACs & WAVEs. In 1975 the WACs & WAVEs were disbanded and political correctness and equal opportunity employment for the all volunteer US military took over.

beacuse women have the potential

Women were not allowed to serve in the military. ANSWER 2 same as most wars, pretend to be a man - i imagine it does, or did, happen more than we know - women have a long history of serving in combat and can be every bit as capable as man and just dont like to be told they cant - my mom was one who served as a radio operater on B-17's to ferry…

No - Australians have only had women in combat for the last 5 to 10 years.

By having women to serve in direct combat, it will hamper mission effectiveness by hurting the unit morale and cohesion.

The first recorded incident of females in gladiatorial combat is during the reign of the emperor Nero. He made aristocratic women combat each other as a joke. As far as "real" female gladiators, there were very few and usually as a diversion or novelty and not as serious combat as was the case with the men.

lots but I'm guessing not as many as the boys. boys were put in the war first so tons of boys and less girls I'm also going to guess this percentage. 75% of boys 25% of girls. that's a guess don't take it seriously. I'm guessing after all. Second Answer: 300,000 women served in World War 2 as nurses and in desk jobs and at radar installations and many other positions such as pilots who…

No I do not condone women being in combat situations except as medics or pilots or on naval ships. As infantry women are not excelling and they are experiencing problems in Iraq and Afghanistan. You know what the number one problem is? Pregnancy. They are hopping in bed together and the women are getting pregnant. I don't even like the cohabitation in the dorms because my step-daughter was in the marines and got pregnant while…

Women should be in combat/army but maybe more like a medic's or not on the front line or first in too battle!

In the Army, women do as much as men. Acutually that is not true women can't join any elite combat groups in the military such as navy seals..

I think they had to be 17 just as the men had to be. However, to clear up a point, they could not go into combat. The women worked in clerical positions, as RADAR personnel, in the medical field, and some even flew planes in the US.

Group of women volunteers in non-combat army roles established in 1942?

In WWII, women were prohibited by law from serving in combat units, but that didn't prevent them from actually being in combat. The Womens' Army Corps (WAC) enlisted women to serve in administrative roles; bookkeeping, typing, generating reports, and as Stateside radio operators. Nurses were sometimes the most visible women for combat soldiers; upon being evacuated to hospitals in areas removed from the fighting, they did heroic work in treating the injured. Women weren't supposed…

no yes they should be able to participate in combat duty

There is no reason why women should not be in combat. My friend's dad was in the army. He said that there were 20 women in his division and 60 men. When his division was at target practice, almost always the women hit the target. He said it was because the women took more time in aiming there shot.

3 positions women held in the workforce during the war 3 position women held in the workforce during the world war 1.

Yes because women are strong minded and good judgemental

There are several military forces around the world which have had female combat pilots.

Women cannot be any any actual combat job in the military

Except in the Soviet Union women were not used in combat.

Many countries did not allow women to fight in combat during World War II.