101.5 KNUE Country Radio » army http://knue.com Sun, 19 May 2013 04:43:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Should Women Have a Wider Scope of Responsibility in Combat Zones? [POLL] http://knue.com/should-women-have-a-wider-scope-of-responsibility-in-combat-zones-poll/ http://knue.com/should-women-have-a-wider-scope-of-responsibility-in-combat-zones-poll/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:50:25 +0000 Buddy Logan http://knue.com/?p=82096

I was even in the Army and for me this is a hard and loaded question to answer.  Do we want to see our brave service-women shot, hit with shrapnel, paralyzed or killed? No. But it's safe to say we also don't want to see our brave service-men shot, hit with shrapnel, paralyzed or killed. What do you think, should women be allowed a wider scope of responsibility in a combat zone?

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Date Established: June 14, 1775

Size: 561,979 Active
567,296 Reserve and National Guard personnel

Motto: "This We'll Defend"

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The army is testing a new fitness regiment that includes running an obstacle course with 40 to 70 pounds of combat gear on and dragging a sled weighing 180 pounds, but none of the iconic stomach-strengthening exercise.

According to head of Army training Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling "re

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