Analysis of Women in the Military Women have been compared to the frailty and beauty of ripe apricots in modern poetry; the reference could be construed as sexual. However, in spite of their frailty and beauty, women have served in combat positions in one capacity or another since the beginning of the United States, long before the establishment of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901. Many women willingly entered the pits of battle, disguised as men …showed first 75 words of 998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 998 total…for the male soldiery. Desert Storm commander General Norman Schwarzkopf testified to Congress, "Decisions on what roles women should play in war must be based on military standards, not women's rights." Applying the individuals make the team analogy of critics, let me suggest the military standard should not center on anyone's rights or obligation, but instead on the individual in all instances. Perhaps then war would be called off like other events that lack participation.