Assessing The Assignment Policy For Army Women

by Harrell, Margaret C.; Castaneda, Laura Werber; Schirmer, Peter; Hallmark, Bryan W.; Kavanagh, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780833041500
• ISBN10: 0833041509
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-25
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Since current policies for assigning military women were issued, the U.S. Army has changed how it organizes and fights. Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women considers the whether the Army is adhering to the assignment policies as well as the appropriateness of the current U.S. Department of Defense and Army assignment policies, given how units are operating in Iraq.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Is There a Shared Interpretation of the Assignment Policy for Army Women?	p. 13
Is the Army Complying with the Assignment Policy?	p. 29
Is the Assignment Policy Appropriate for Future Military Operations?	p. 47
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 63
Aspin 1994 Memorandum	p. 71
The Difference Between an Assignment Policy and an Employment Policy	p. 75
Opportunities Available to Army Women	p. 79
Army Women Deployed to Iraq	p. 103
Interviews with Senior Army, OSD, and JS Personnel and Members of Congress	p. 121
Interviews and Focus Groups with Personnel Recently Returned from Iraq	p. 129
Army Modularity, Asymmetric Threats, and Nonlinear Battlefields	p. 137
Female Army Recipients of the Combat Action Badge	p. 143
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