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Currently, just over 15 percent of the Canadian armed forces are women, but less than 1 percent of the infantry is female. Womenâs integration in the combat arms may be possible but it is likely to involve a tiny number of women.
What must always be the overridingâif not exclusiveâcriteria for making any change in the U.S. military is that it make the Armed Forces more effective. Having women serve in 90 percent of military jobs they currently do makes sense. Women can and have made significant military contributions in all the positions where theyâve served. But there are some very specific combat related factors that would likely diminish the effectiveness of tactical fighting units if women were included. I fought in Desert Storm with an armored cavalry squadron.