WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the commandant of the Marine Corps has recommended that women be excluded from competing for certain front-line combat jobs. The move would distance the Corps from the other military services that are expected to allow women to serve in battlefield posts.
The proposal from Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford faces opposition from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. Mabus says he will recommend that women be allowed to compete for Navy or Marine Corps combat jobs.
The developments raise questions about whether Mabus can veto the Marine Corps proposal. And it puts Dunford, who takes over next week as Joint Chiefs chairman, in the position of defending an exclusion in his own service that the Army, Navy, Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command have suggested isn't warranted in theirs.
AP
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