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Article posted: 11/27/2012 7:39 PM

Female military members sue to serve in combat

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Zoe Bedell, a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves, is among several active women military personnel who have filed a federal lawsuit to demand combat action, requesting all branches of the military to remove the so-called combat exclusionary rule that bars women from fighting on the front lines.

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Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon’s ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition will have on morale.