As Front Lines Disappear Female Military Roles Change

Female Military Roles Change As Front Lines Disappear -- NewsOK

Female soldiers say it's time people put aside traditional ideas about their place in combat. Oklahoma lost its first female soldier in combat earlier this month.

The U.S. Army and Marines traditionally don't allow women to serve in front-line combat roles.

But in wars such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are no front lines. The recent death of Spc. Sarina Butcher, 19, of Checotah, should serve as a reminder that traditional concepts of women in combat are no more, said female soldiers serving in Afghanistan and the state's first female Air National Guard commander.

Butcher, 19, is the first female member of the Oklahoma National Guard to die in war. She and another soldier, Sgt. Christopher Gailey, 26, of Ochelata, died Nov. 1 after their vehicle was hit with a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

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Roebuck was being quizzed for alleged sexual assault: Reports

Cricket columnist and commentator Peter Roebuck who reportedly committed suicide on Sunday, was being was being questioned by the police on a sexual assault charge, before his unfortunate death. Thi...

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All-round Van der Westhuizen stars for Namibia

Namibia completed a 6-2 thrashing of Kenya with a convincing seven-wicket win in the final match of the Twenty20 series

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Simulating Afghan Battle Conditions In Camp Lejeune

Marine Trainer Brings Afghanistan to the U.S. -- FOX News

The Marines at Camp Lejeune have a new state-of-the-art facility in North Carolina that goes to great lengths to make soldiers feel like they are on other side of the planet. A 32,000-square-foot warehouse is filled the aromas of roasting meat and cedar; a walkway of made of dirt and gravel -- even faux roadside bombs which can be detonated at a misstep. Afghan natives wait inside for the Marines during every training run.

"Before they come in here they are not sure what to expect and they don't really know what it is," said the infantry immersion trainer site lead Vince Soto. "After they go through it, it is usually -- wow."

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Occupy Wall Street is winning

Politico

Whatever the objectives of protesters involved in Occupy Wall Street, they have succeeded in engaging the country in a conversation about income inequality.

A quick search of the news--including print articles, web stories and broadcast transcripts--via Nexis reveals a significant rise in the use of the term "income inequality," from less than 91 instances in the week before the occupation started to almost 500

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After meeting Antony, Omar set to take AFSPA battle to Prime Minister's doorstep

With the stalemate continuing over the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has now taken the battle for the revocation of the law to the Prime Minis...

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Occupy Portland showdown: Protesters flood city park in fight with police over eviction

AP, Nov. 13, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore. — Anti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters flooded a city park area in Portland early Sunday in defiance of an eviction order, and authorities elsewhere stepped up pressure against the demonstrators, arresting nearly two dozen.

Crowds converged on two adjacent downtown Portland parks where protesters are camped after city officials set a midnight Saturday deadline to disperse. Hours later, protesters remained though by dawn Sunday the crowd had thinned and obeyed police orders to clear the street and take down a makeshift barricades.

At one point overnight, the crowd swelled to thousands.

Organizers said they hoped enough people will join them to make it difficult if not impossible for police to carry through on any eviction.

"Occupy the street," one organizer said through a bull horn. "Remain peaceful and aware. We have strength in holding the streets."

Demonstrators had used pallets and old furniture, wood debris and even a bicycle to set up makeshift barricades on either end of a street that runs through the encampment, apparently in an attempt to block traffic. The barricades later were taken down by protesters.

Mayor Sam Adams had ordered the camp shut down, citing unhealthy conditions and the encampment's attraction of drug users and thieves.

On Sunday at an impromptu news conference, he defended his order, saying it is his job to enforce the law and keep the peace. "This is not a game," he said.

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