Historically, women have not been allowed to serve in certain occupational specialties in the Military. Briefly describe two ways in which the capabilities of the Military are enhanced by allowing females to serve in all occupational specialties.

integrating female troops into the ground combat arms will add some risk of reduced performance in combat, as well as cost. While this risk can be mitigated by various methods to address failure rates, injuries, and ability to perform the mission, the bottom line is that the physiological differences between males and females will likely always be evident to some extent