The announcement by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta allowing women to fill combat positions, is a good start in ensuring fair and equal treatment/opportunity for all service members, regardless of gender.
With equality between the sexes being the major goal of this announcement, each service will determine what standards women must attain to fill a particular military position.
For true equality between the sexes, women must be required to register with Selective Service System (SSS) on their 18th birthday, the same as an eligible man of the same age must do.
I petition the administration to clarify it's position on women and the SSS. Will women be required to participate in SSS now that all jobs are available to them, or will our female forces always be voluntary?