Great news from the US regarding gender equality. While women have recently been involved at the front-line, it was always done with a subtle side-stepping of rules.
This has finally been resolved, with the Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, and the Joint Chiefs chairman, Martin Dempsey, signing a memo that officially ends the direct ground combat exclusion rule for females.
Link to the actual memo below.
http://www.defense.gov/news/WISRJointMemo.pdf
