Living Legends and Full Agency: Implications of Repealing the Combat Exclusion Policy

 Content: WOMEN AND WAR Introduction: Women and the Military  The Opponents  The Proponents  Note  Appendix 1   Warriors to the Core   The Beginning of the Revolution: The American Experience  World War I  World War II  The Korean Conflict  The Vietnam Conflict  Operations Urgent Fury and Just Cause  Operations Desert Shield/Storm  Operation Enduring Freedom  Operation Iraqi Freedom  Operation New Dawn   Marginalized, Yet Accountable: The Irrationality of the Combat Exclusion Policy   The Enemy Within: Sex Crimes and the Evils of Asymmetry   WOMEN IN WAR-LIVING LEGENDS: SISTERS-IN-ARMS UNDER COMBAT EXCLUSION Taking Command: The Generals  Major General Marcelite J Harris, US Air Force, Retired  Brigadier General Wilma L Vaught, US Air Force, Retired   Commanding the Air: The Aviators1 Mrs Anna Flynn Monkiewicz, US Air Force 1 Colonel Pamela Rodriguez, Army National Guard, Retired  Dr Rita F Sumner, US Air Force 0 Chief Warrant Officer 5, Trish Thompson, US Army, Retired  Master Sergeant Judith Hatch, Air National Guard (ANG), Retired  Sharron Frontiero Cohen, US Air Force   Commanding the Sea: The Mariners  Dr Darlene Iskra, US Navy, Retired  Maria \'\'Zoe\'\' Dunning, US Navy, Retired  Ms Rose Marie Jackson, Commander, US Navy, Retired  Ms Yona Owens, US Navy   Commanding the Land: The Soldiers  Colonel Beverly \'\'Sam\'\' Stipe, US Army, Retired Command Sergeant Major Cynthia Pritchett, US Army, Retired  Ms Sandra Intorre, US Army, Retired  Mrs Tiffany Kravec-Kelly, US Army Reserve  Sergeant Michelle Wilmot, US Army Reserve  WOMEN AT WAR: TOWARD FULL AGENCY On Gender and Citizenship On Gender On Citizenship   Repealing the Combat Exclusion Policy: Prospects for Implementation Army Air Force  Navy  Decision Point 1  Decision Point 2  Decision Point 3  Decision Point 4  Decision Point 5  Marine Corps  US Special Operations Command   Impact of the Combat Exclusion Policy on the Recruitment, Promotion, and Retention of Women in the Military  Women in a Post-Combat Exclusion Environment: The Promise for Full Agency   WOMEN, WAR, THE MILITARY, AND BEYOND In Conclusion: The Revolution Continues!  Bibliography