Infantry: November 28, 2000

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The French Foreign Legion has decided to allow women to enlist for the first time in its history. The French government wants to increase the percentage of women in the armed forces from the current 9% to 20%. The only jobs in the French military closed to women are submarine crews and riot police.--Stephen V Cole

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