Women on the front line

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Description

It was perhaps the most ambitious experiment of its kind ever: The US Marine Corps had set out to study how women would fare in combat troops, and the Corps set up a special battalion of 300 men and 100 women for the purpose. Over the course of a year, the unit was set to carry out various tasks that they would also face in war. It was everything from moving forward with a machine gun to moving back with a wounded comrade or changing the wheels of an armored vehicle. The tasks were carried out in small groups of soldiers with one or two women and the rest men, so that they could reflect the likely gender distribution in future wars, where, other things being equal, there will still be a preponderance of men.

Period1 May 2024

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleWomen on the front line
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletWeekendaVisen
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryDenmark
    Date1/05/24
    DescriptionIt was perhaps the most ambitious experiment of its kind ever: The US Marine Corps had set out to study how women would fare in combat troops, and the Corps set up a special battalion of 300 men and 100 women for the purpose. Over the course of a year, the unit was set to carry out various tasks that they would also face in war. It was everything from moving forward with a machine gun to moving back with a wounded comrade or changing the wheels of an armored vehicle. The tasks were carried out in small groups of soldiers with one or two women and the rest men, so that they could reflect the likely gender distribution in future wars, where, other things being equal, there will still be a preponderance of men.
    Producer/AuthorPeter Harmsen
    URLhttps://www.weekendavisen.dk/2024-17/ideer/kvinder-i-frontlinjen
    PersonsKeshab Giri

Keywords

  • Women in Combat
  • Military
  • War
  • Gender Equality