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SYND 15 8 68 WOMEN TRAIN FOR TH MILITARY
North Vietnamese women volunteer for military service.
1. ms truckload of women towards
2. ms camp entrance
3. ms women recruits welcomed
4. vs exchanging clothes for uniforms
5. vs women receive instruction
6. vs women on parade, salute...
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The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is exploring the possibility of expanding roles for women in the military. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit over a current policy that bans women from ground combat.
HEADLINE: Pentagon: Panetta 'strong' on roles for military women
Pentagon weighs more roles for women in military
CAPTION: The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is exploring the possibility of expanding...
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BOLIVIA: SPECIAL MILITARY TRAINING SCHEME FOR WOMEN
Spanish/Nat
Young women all over Bolivia are volunteering this week for a special military training scheme organised by the Bolivian army.
The army first experimented with this scheme last year, when 150 women were given military...
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Argentine military lauds women's inclusion
Women musicians from the Argentine Army, Navy and Air Force played together for the first time outside the Defense Ministry in Buenos Aires ahead of the International Women's Day is celebrated annually worldwide on March 8.
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The Pentagon is unveiling plans Thursday to allow women to serve in thousands of military jobs closer to the front lines, reflecting the realities of the last decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
HEADLINE: Pentagon rules shift on women in combat
CAPTION: The Pentagon is unveiling plans Thursday to allow women to serve in thousands of military jobs closer to the front lines, reflecting the realities of the last decade of war in...
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Biden: Women, LGBT in US military are an asset
Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy's class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country's armed forces. "Having men and women together in the...
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Biden: Women, LGBT in the Military Are An Asset
Vice President Joe Biden told the U.S. Military Academy's class of 2016 on Saturday that greater diversity, including more women and openly gay soldiers, will strengthen the country's armed forces. "Having men and women together in the...
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Argentine military lauds women's inclusion
Women musicians from the Argentine Army, Navy and Air Force played together for the first time outside the Defense Ministry in Buenos Aires ahead of the International Women's Day is celebrated annually worldwide on March 8.
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Thousands of Egyptian women protest abuse by military;night pix
1. Women protesters marching with placards, chanting (in Arabic): "Women of Egypt, women of Egypt"
2. Mid of women carrying placards, reads: "Liars, stop violence"
3. Poster being held up, reads (in Arabic): "The goals of the revolution...
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More than 75 military women met in Alaska last weekend for a retreat, where they were able to spend time with others who understand their grief. Along the way, they were also able to take in some of the wildlife that roams the nation''s largest state.
HEADLINE: Military widows bond in the Alaska wilderness
CAPTION: More than 75 military women met in Alaska last weekend for a retreat, where they were able to spend time with others who understand their grief. Along the way, they took in...
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USA: WOMEN RECRUITS SPEND FIRST WEEK AT THE CITADEL MILITARY SCHOOL
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Four young women have had their first taste of "Hell Week" at a tough American military school called The Citadel.
Part of their introduction to the South Carolina academy were new haircuts: close- cropped all around,...
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Rally by Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
1. Tilt-down from Japanese Embassy to comfort women rally
2. Medium shot of women chanting
3. Wide of rally
4. Close-up of woman crying
5. Close-up of a picture of a comfort woman
6. Medium shot of rally participants
7. SOUNDBITE:...
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USA: CHARLESTON: WOMEN SWORN IN AS CADETS AT CITADEL MILITARY SCHOOL
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For the first time in its history, women have been sworn in as cadets at a tough American military school called The Citadel.
The four teenagers took the oath during their first taste of "Hell Week" at the academy in...
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Inspectors depart in helicopters, plus women in military parade
Al-Rashid military airbase in Baghdad
1. UN inspectors boarding UN helicopter
2. Various of helicopters on ground
3. UN vehicles at airbase
4. Various helicopters taking off from airbase
5. Radar
6. Helicopters flying away
Baquba,...
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VOICE: Inspectors depart in helicopters, plus women in military parade
Al-Rashid military airbase in Baghdad
0.00 UN inspectors boarding UN helicopter
0.04 Various of helicopters on ground and taking off
Outskirts of Baghdad
0.31 Various of UN inspectors driving to the al Samud short range rocket factory...
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USA: VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE FORCED TO TAKE ITS 1ST FEMALE CADETS
George Washington National Forrest , Virginia and Virginia Military Institute, Virginia, 25th August 1995.
1. V.M.I. campus and sign
2. "Rat" cadets marching
3. various shots of women cadets hiking
4. SOUNDBITE Bryant
5. tight shot of...
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Evacuees, mostly women and children, arrive by military plane from Juba
Two Kenyan military planes landed on Tuesday at Wilson Airport, in the capital Nairobi, bringing home evacuees from Juba in South Sudan.
The evacuees, mainly women and children, looked relieved to set foot on Kenyan soil as they...
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US military releases Iraqi women
1. Muddy alley in Baghdad
2. US soldiers
3. Security close to a barrier near the vice president's house
4. Soldier taking bag out of vehicle and carrying it to Vice President Abed Mutalq al Jibouri's house
5. Car parked outside house...
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8 women in elite army unit for first time
1. Various of women cadets of Ecuadorian army at martial arts exercises
2. Wide shot of troops running
3. Two shots of army commander welcoming new soldiers
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alexandra Zambrano, Army Cadet
"We feel like the rest...
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First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates
LEAD IN:More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battling the Islamic State group.STORY LINE:The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the...
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no dateline: air force academy prepares for women cadets.
fcs "women cadets" shows: officers arrive, various training shots:
(shot recently 30ft double system)
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women - cadets
cadets - us -...
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Mattis: no change to LGBT, women military policy
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington DC - 12 January 20171. Wide of hearing room2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D) New York:"Do you plan on rolling back the plan on infantry...
Library of Congress
Loc: Veterans' History Project: Women Serving in Combat: Lioness
After viewing the PBS documentary, "Lioness", a panel of veterans conduct a discussion about women in combat. The recording of the discussion is available here. March 24, 2009
Library of Congress
Loc: Webcasts From the National Ww Ii Reunion
Webcasts from the Library of Congress about women in military medicine, the Navajo Code Talker, Tuskegee Airmen, and others. Requires RealPlayer.