WOMEN IN COMBAT: THE STORY OF "LIONESS" JENNIFER MARIE PARCELL

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The ratifications of the 19th Amendment and Title IX have given American women opportunities they never had before modern times. There is one policy, however, that keeps our women in uniform from holding jobs involving direct combat. It's called the Combat Exclusion Law. Sgt. Todd Hunter shares an intimate story on how today's battlefield doesn't always cater to the law.

U.S. PLANNING ON KEEPING 10,000 TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 2014

The Obama administration is planning on keepng 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after the majority of the 68,000 troops are pulled out in 2014.

Supposedly the troops will be non-combat troops and used to train Afghan National soldiers.

However, the problem with this strategy is if all hell breaks loose in Afghanistan every single U.S. soldier become a combat soldier. 

FRIGHTENING VIDEO: SOLDIER IS LEFT BEHIND DURING AFGHANISTAN FIREFIGHT

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A soldier is separated from his squad during an intense firefight and left only with the support of a single ANA troop.