Women Can Now Join U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division

The U.S. Army, which only two years ago lifted its ban on women serving in “infantry and armor jobs,” has just opened up three more posts for female service members to fill—including the elite 101st Airborne Division, dubbed within the military as the “the tip of the spear.” The “Screaming Eagles” have been deployed everywhere from behind Nazi lines ahead of D-Day and with Iraqi forces wresting back control of Fallujah and Mosul from ISIS, to provide air assault capability. Along with the vaunted 101st, women are also open to join 4th Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division. “There are female infantry and armor soldiers, in training now,” spokesman Paul Boyce told Army Times. “These soldiers will start arriving at the additional installations as soon as April 2018.”