Trust us to decide our role in the Army, female servicemembers in Iraq say

If Pvt. Roxana Figueroa had her way, the Army would open up all jobs — from infantry on up — to women, and leave it up to women to decide where they want to serve.
“If women want to, and can make it, I think they should be able to serve in combat,” said the 20-year-old, deployed to Iraq with the 94th Engineer Battalion based in Vilseck, Germany.
At a minimum, women should be able to serve in combat support units, and she opposes a congressional proposal that would ban women from such roles.