"Suitably-qualified women can apply to be posted to armored and artillery units as well as infantry battalions in support roles in headquarters and administrative units,..."
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1049333&C=asiapac Posted 08/22/05 11:53 Australian Army To Allow Women in Frontline Units By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, SYDNEY Women in the Australian army will now be allowed to serve in frontline units, with some heading for duty in Iraq, the government said Monday. But female soldiers will remain barred from direct combat roles under new regulations agreed after a government review, Veterans� Affairs Minister De-Anne Kelly said. Up to 15 women will serve in support roles in combat units in the next rotation of troops in Iraq, where Australia has some 900 troops, she said. �Suitably-qualified women can apply to be posted to armored and artillery units as well as infantry battalions in support roles in headquarters and administrative units,� Kelly said. �Previously these support roles in combat units have only been open to men. �Defense policy regarding the employment of women in direct combat roles will not change.� Apart from its deployment in Iraq, Australia is sending 190 troops to Afghanistan before elections there next month. Kelly said the opening up of new roles for women would give them �a better career path� and make the military a more attractive career option. The opposition Labour Party�s defense spokesman, Robert McClelland, said the decision had been made out of necessity rather than principle as there was �clearly a skills shortage in the defense forces�. Women make up about 13 percent of Australia�s military of some 52,000 personnel, with some already serving in senior positions as pilots and naval officers. . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h8uh9b5/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124860331/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
