The Status of Gender Integration in the Military

One-liner: The authors assess the current status of gender representation in U.S. military occupations newly opened to women, focusing on specific issues for 10 selected occupations. Has opening new skills and units been enough to create equal opportunities for women in the U.S. military? Success has been mixed, in part because of the circumstances of individual occupations, and some issues affect men as much as they do women. Among the authors1 recommendations are that career counseling include both opportunities and potential drawbacks and that longer-term studies on specific issues are merited. (pmg)