The Pentagon is the headquarters of the
United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County,
Virginia. This is a symbol of US Military and 'The Pentagon' is used to
symbolize US Department of Defense. Now, in a historic decision, the
Pentagon chief has opened all jobs in combat units to women.
The
news was said by U.S. military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter. During a
news conference he said, "There are no exceptions. Women will be allowed
to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat.
They'll
be able to serve as Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Marine
Corps infantry, Air Force para-jumpers and everything else that was
previously open only to men." This decision has shocked everyone because
during 1994 Pentagon rule, a rule was imposed that women were
restricted to combat roles.
But now it
has been 21 years since then and it is a long way. This ground breaking
decision will open around 250,000 jobs to women. The Navy and Air Force
already opened all combat positions to women.