The Army’s Gender War A new policy is unfair to both men and
women soldiers.  By Elaine Donnelly  I recently heard from a
female soldier who feels betrayed by the Army. Calm but
justifiably angry, the soldier said she is being assigned to a
forward-support company that will "collocate" with the Army's
new, modular infantry/armor land combat battalions. This is a
serious change in policy, unfair to men and women soldiers
alike.  Under current regulations, women cannot be forced to
serve in smaller direct ground-combat units such as infantry or
armor battalions, or in companies that collocate with them. If
the Defense Department wants to change these rules, law requires
that the secretary must notify Congress no less than 30
legislative days in advance, when both houses are in session.
Despite the "collocation rule" and the congressional
notification law, the Army is unilaterally assigning women to
previously all-male forward-support companies in its new "unit
of action" land combat teams, which are key to the