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This rule closed many units supporting ground combat operations to women. As a result, 32,700 Army positions and 48,000 Marine Corps positions were opened to women. • Congress repealed Title 10 USC


6015, opening most Navy combatant ships to women (submarines and a fewer small- er ships remain closed). • P.L. 103-446 required the establish-


ment of the Center for Women Veterans within the Department of Veterans Af- fairs.


Source: Women’s Research and Edu- cation Institution


DID YOU KNOW... IN 1995:


• Over 1,200 women deploy for peace- keeping duties in Haiti. • The Marine Corps selects a woman for aviation training for the first time. Source: Women’s Research and Edu- cation Institution


DID YOU KNOW....IN 2002: • The Office of the Secretary of De-


fense allows the Defense Advisory Com- mittee On Women In The Services (DA- COWITS) charter to expire and issues a new charter, which reduces by over half the number of committee members and modifies the committee’s mission. Among the changes is the addition of family mat- ters to the list of issues within the purview of DACOWITS. • The Army decides to remove all eight


women soldiers from its first Reconnais- sance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition (RSTA) squadron. RSTA squadrons are expected to be part of the Army’s planned fast-deploying combat brigades. • A woman Marine is the first Ameri-


can military woman killed in theater in Afghanistan. She was one of several Ma- rines killed in the crash of a military air- craft. • The FY 2003 Defense Authorizations


Act forbids military commanders from re- quiring (or strongly suggesting) the wear- ing of the abaya by military women serv- ing in Saudi Arabia. • The Act also requires the Department


of Defense to submit an annual report on the status of women in the services. Source: Women’s Research and Edu- cation Institution


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DID YOU KNOW...IN 1993: Secretary of Defense Les Aspin: • Ordered all services to open combat


aviation to women (in spite of the recom- mendation by the Pres. Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces that Congress reinstate the ban).


• Directed the Navy to draft legislation


to repeal the combat ship exclusion, Title 10 USC 6015 (as recommended by the Presidential Commission). • Directed the Army and Marine Corps to study opening more assignments to


women. Source: Women’s Research and Education Institute


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• U.S. citizenship • BA/BS degree • Valid U.S. driver’s license


• Between 21 and 36 years of age, preference eligible veterans excepted • Excellent physical condition • Medically qualified for worldwide service


• Uncorrected vision not less than 20/100, corrected to 20/30 or better


• Qualify for a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance


• Willing to live and serve anywhere in the world including the United States


• Willing and legally eligible to carry, and if necessary, use firearms in the performance of Special Agent duties


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