Women in the Military - Where they Stand (Ninth Edition) Released Feb.5, 2015

    ALEXANDRIA, VA, February 05, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The ninth Edition of Women in the Military - Where They Stand will be released February 5 in both electronic and print formats, the Alliance For National Defense (AND) announced today.

A favorite of advocates for military women, scholars, lawmakers, policy analysts and defense officials, the report provides statistical analysis of women's increasing role in the United States armed forces. This ninth edition of Women in the Military also includes an updated a chronology of important policy and legislative milestones including a detailed listing of developments in the area of sexual assault and harassment.

The 48-page publication, pioneered by The Women's Research and Education Institute (WREI), was updated in 2014 by the Alliance for National Defense.

Thanks to financial support from Robert M. Kaufman and the Jane and Seymour Kelley Fund of the New York Community Trust, this Ninth Edition is distributed free of charge in electronic (PDF) format. Printed copies while they last are available for the cost of mailing from the Alliance For National Defense website (www.4militarywomen.org).

Providing a positive voice for military women, The Allaince for Nationa Defense (AND) is a non-profit, tax-exempt educational organization comprised of veterans from all service branches and concerned civilians, AND collects the facts and figures - factual, thoughtful, objective information - on US military women and provides them to scholars, the media, national decision makers and the public.

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