Military adjusts to reality of women in war

  • By LOLITA C. BALDOR
    Associated Press
  • Friday, January 25th, 2013
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Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson, of Huntingdon, Tenn., waits Thursday for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to hand her the memorandum he had just signed ending the 1994 ban on women serving in combat.

Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson, of Huntingdon, Tenn., waits Thursday for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to hand her the memorandum he had just signed ending the 1994 ban on women serving in combat.