Many women took on combat arms jobs previously closed to them as those restrictions were relaxed throughout the Department of Defense in 2014. 1st Lt. Alessandra T. Kirby, of the Utah National Guard, was selected to become an observer/advisor as part of a stepping-stone program for gender integration into the Army elite group of Rangers.
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