Currently 350,000 women are serving in the U.S. military.  One in every seven troops in Iraq is a woman.   On January 11, 2005 , President Bush reinforced the administration’s policy for women in the military: 
“No women in combat.” Although the Army is barred from assigning women to ground combat battalions, in Iraq it “skirts the ban” with a twist in terminology. Instead of being "assigned," women are "attached in direct support of" the combat battalions.   Pfc Catherine Creed and Pfc Tonya Jackson are two female soldiers in Iraq , putting pressure on a military brass ceiling.   Wearing khaki desert camouflaged pants, they are . . . Skirting the Ban.