Military commission recommends allowing women to serve in direct military combat

[JURIST] A US Military panel has recommended [report, PDF] in its latest report released Friday that women should be allowed to serve on the front lines of combat. The Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC) [official website], comprised of retired and current military leaders, says that women, who under current defense policy are prohibited from serving in direct line-of-fire combat, should be permitted to serve in combat and that integration of women into combat forces would have no ill effects. The…