92008: Women in the Armed Forces Updated December 12, 1996 David F. Burrelli Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Current Status Military Women in Combat Actions Abroad Should the Armed Forces Expand Recruitment of Women? Should Women Be Barred from Combat Positions? What is the Status of Single-Sex Military Academies? What Provision for Motherhood? Sexual Harassment Authorization and Appropriation ...

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Congressional Issues Recruiting Women Into Military Not Paying OffLarge proportions of women entering the armed services are not staying long enough to complete their enlistment contracts, experts report. These high attrition rates are creating major headaches for the Pentagon. Some 43 percent of women who joined the Army in 1995 failed to complete their enlistment contracts, along with 28 percent of men. Over 50 percent of white women who joined that year have left. The cost fo ...

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