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| | Marine Corps News -> Women's combat support role could end in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27) |
 | | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (May 19, 2005) -- Legislation now before Congress is aimed at making sure female Marines like 2nd Lt. Samantha M. Kronschnabel won't accompany their male comrades into a combat zone anymore - or sustain wounds like Cpl. Steinnum Truesdale, a Purple Heart recipient. |
 | | Of the approximately 10,780-some female Marines (officer and enlisted) currently serving on active duty, nearly 3,000 serve in combat support fields, including engineering, military police, ordnance and motor transport, according to the almanac section of the 2005 Marine Corps Concepts and Programs manual. |
 | | During the I Marine Expeditionary Force's 14-month tour in Iraq, Kronschnabel and Truesdale, along with other female Marines, flanked their male counterparts in combat support operations throughout Iraq's deadly Al Anbar province. |
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