Pentagon allowed women to fight
The head of the Pentagon Leon Panetta announced the cancellation of the ban on the participation of women in hostilities, including the service in the elite parts of special forces, reports AFP . With such a statement, he made on Wednesday, January 23, the official order of the US military department will soon be released. In November 2012, four women officers filed a lawsuit demanding that the Pentagon rules recognize as unconstitutional, which forbid women to take part in hostilities.