After over 30 years fighting in combat zones across the world, there is still doubt to the level of support for female occupation within direct combat units. Sense 1994, there has been little to no studies addressing this issue. The purpose of this study to provide a current data, from current service members of both the US Army Reserve and Utah Army National Guard on this topic. This study utilized Hurrell and Lukens’ “Women in Military Service” (1994) survey tool to conduct the data sample. The survey was broken down into two variable sets: males/females and junior enlisted/leadership personnel, then rated on Hurrell and Lukens’ 1-7 point scale within the survey. The results depicting positive general support towards females in the service and being able to produce as equals to their male counterparts. Although further data is require in order to define some residual results of the survey, the general positive support of females and them serving in any capacity within the armed forces is present in today’s US Army.

TITLE - Attitudes towards Females in the Combat Arms Profession
AUTHOR - Deven D. Cozad
••••••IJSER Edition - March 2020

UNIVERSITY - Atlantic International University
GUIDE NAME -
Females
Military
Attitudes