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Services submit plans on integrating women into all military jobs

                                                                                                                     U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nikayla Shodeen

A female soldier participates in combatives training during the Ranger Course on Fort Benning, Ga., April 20, 2015.

Lisa Ferdinando                                   Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the commander of U.S.                           The group will work with the services to over-
                                                  Special Operations Command, requested and                          see the short-term implementation of the de-
DoD News                                          was granted a short extension in providing his                     cision, Cook explained, to ensure there are no
                                                  plan, Cook said.                                                   unintended consequences on the joint force.
   WASHINGTON — The Defense Department                                                                               The group will periodically update Carter and
has received plans from each of the services for     That extension was to give Socom time to col-                   the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine
implementing plans to integrate women into all    laborate thoroughly with the services, because                     Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., on the prog-
positions in the military, Pentagon Press Secre-  many of the actions critical to successfully inte-                 ress, he said.
tary Peter Cook said today.                       grating women into special operations specialties
                                                  and units fall under service authority, Cook said.                    The first meeting of the implementation group
   The office of the acting undersecretary of de-                                                                      will take place this week, the press secretary said.
fense for personnel and readiness received the            Group Will Oversee Implementation
plans, Cook said at a news conference.               Cook noted that Deputy Defense Secretary                           “The services and Special Operations Com-
                                                  Bob Work and the vice chairman of the Joint                        mand will begin to execute the implementation
   Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in      Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, are                  of their approved plans as soon as practicable,
December his decision to open all positions in    chairing a group on implementing the decision.                     but no later than April 1,” he added.
the military to women, with no exceptions. Army
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