Thomas Hennessey
http://wgbhnews.org/post/half-battle-women-combat
As Veteran’s day approaches (November 9) the discussion of women in combat heats up once again. In this article Callie Crossley discusses why imagery of women serving is not seen all that often during Veteran’s day celebration despite it being well known that women serve right along side men. The author states that she recently searched Veterans on google only to find the all too common images, MEN carrying weapons or giving a patriotic salute. The reason being that women are currently disallowed from combat arms roles and the stereotypical image of a Veteran is one carrying a weapon rather than one who fulfill support roles. Currently the former Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Dunford believes based on a survey of women serving in combat roles in the Marine Corps that those Units had less unit cohesion than those who were made of males only. This fact being recited despite the Secretary of the Navy currently not allowing the full report to be released. The author is calling for google to allow more imagery of female veterans in its searches.