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= = = __Interesting facts on women in the military__ =
 * Woman make up 15 percent of the U.S. military.


 * One of every ten U.S. troops serving in Iraq are woman.


 * Women in the military are not allowed to be in a submarine,but they are allowed to fly a helicopter and on combat ships.


 * More than 16,000 single moms in the U.S have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.


 * 1990 marked the 10th year women have graduated from the military academies of the Army, Navy and or Air Force.


 * No law prohibits women from serving in combat.


 * There are almost two million women veterans!


 * 33,000 women served in WWI and almost 500,000 took part in WW2.


 * In the Civil War Mary Walker was held in a confederate prison camp for four months, she was accused of being a spy for the Union Army. Mary Walker is the only woman who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.


 * There are hundred of thousands of women in the U.S. And a lot has changed with in the years,women have right right to do anything. Theres no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to fight in combat.Its just proven that most women aren't as strong and built as most of the men.



http://feminism.eserver.org/workplace/professions/women-in-the-military.txt

http://www.veteransforamerica.org/woundedwarrior/military-women/

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