LEADER 03295nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910219987503321 005 20240314181703.0 010 $a1-281-18111-0 010 $a9786611181116 010 $a0-8330-4271-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481422 035 $a(EBL)322551 035 $a(OCoLC)476120015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106699 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106699 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10109942 035 $a(PQKB)10481375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL322551 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225513 035 $a(OCoLC)855307403 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC322551 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481422 100 $a20070809d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAssessing the assignment policy for army women$b[electronic resource] /$fMargaret C. Harrell ... [et al.] 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND National Defense Research Institute$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 300 $a"MG-590-1-OSD"--P. [4] of cover. 300 $a"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." 311 $a0-8330-4150-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-158). 327 $aIntroduction -- Is there a shared interpretation of the assignment policy for Army women? -- Is the Army complying with the assignment policy? -- Is the assignment policy appropriate for future military operations? -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendixes: A. Aspin 1994 memorandum -- B. The difference between an assignment policy and an employment policy -- C. Opportunities available to Army women -- D. Army women deployed to Iraq -- E. Interviews with senior Army, OSD, and JS personnel and members of congress -- F. Interviews and focus groups with personnel recently returned from Iraq -- G. Army modularity, asymmetric threats, and nonlinear battlefields -- H. Female Army recipients of the Combat Action Badge. 330 $aThe current U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy for assigning military women was issued in 1994, and the U.S. Army's assignment policy dates to 1992. In the ensuing years, the U.S. Army has undergone significant technological and organizational transformation, which has changed how it organizes and fights. There is concern that, in the course of operations in Iraq, the Army has not been adhering to its own assignment policy, as there are several important and potentially problematic differences between the DoD and Army policies. For example, the DoD policy prohibits the assignment of women 606 $aWomen in combat$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aWomen soldiers$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xWomen 615 0$aWomen in combat$xGovernment policy 615 0$aWomen soldiers$xGovernment policy 676 $a355.4082/0973 701 $aHarrell$b Margaret C$0916401 712 02$aUnited States.$bDepartment of Defense.$bOffice of the Secretary of Defense. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219987503321 996 $aAssessing the assignment policy for army women$92133723 997 $aUNINA