European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 31, 1994 i . The stars and stripes Page 7 combat ban to limit women official says Washington a about 260,000 new jobs in the military will be opened to women in the coming years but the ban against entering ground combat probably will keep them from top promotions a Pentagon official said Friday. A to be quite honest. Because of the prohibition against ground combat it is not Likely that in the next 25 or 30 years there will be a female chief of staff of the army a said Edwin Dorn the defense departments assistant Secretary for personnel. But a woman might be Able to compete that in itself a first for the air Force or Navy top jobs because of changes made in. The past 18,months, Dorn added. That a because the air Force and Navy have opened slots on combat ships and in combat aircraft where most of the chances for promotion and High level awards and recognition in those services will occur. Women in the army and Marine corps will be allowed to Fly on combat helicopters but will continue to be barred from their services primary missions a ground combat a in infantry Armor and artillery units. Ground combat units provide most of those services top officers. Dorn said that despite that constraint a there has been a tremendous increase in Opportunity for women in the military. In All the decision by Congress to open slots on combat ships to women combined with former defense Secretary Les Aspinw a decision last year to lift the Barrier that kept women from certain jobs just because they were dangerous Means 260,000 jobs will be opened to women by october of this year he said. But it Isnit Clear exactly How Many of the jobs actually will be held by women in the coming years. His comments follow reports last week that the army had decided to open up some 32,000 jobs on or near the Battlefield to women. About 12 percent of the army a 560.000 Active duty jobs Are held by females. A in addition the Marine corps will allow some 48,000 slots to be gender Neutral Dorn announced but there Are Only about 8.000 women in the Marine corps Active duty ranks of 170,000 at the moment. On average about 11 percent of the military a 1.6 million Active duty forces Are women. Sniper bullets ruin my missile Vandenberg fab Calif. A an $70 million intercontinental ballistic missile was rendered useless by High powered Rifle bullets while being shipped from Wyoming air Force officials said. The bullets pierced the Boxcar carrying the peacekeeper also called the my missile along the Southern Pacific Railroad route from Francis e. Warren fab near Cheyenne wyo., air Force and Fri officials said Friday. The snipers bullets caused $11 million in damage enough to Render the missile useless. But the air Force said much of the weapon May be salvaged for use on other missiles. The disassembled missile was packed in unmarked boxcars and shipped in june. It arrived at Vandenberg 120 Miles Northwest of los Angeles five Days later for a scheduled sept. 7 test launch. It was unclear where along the route the shootings occurred said 1st it. John Dorrian a Vandenberg spokesman. A so far it looks like a random act rather than something calculated a Dorrian said. There was  danger of the missile exploding. The damage was discovered during a routine Post delivery inspection. Other boxcars also were hit including one holding a liquefied Petroleum Gas tank. The damaged missile was sent to Ogden Utah where arms inspectors will determine which parts can be saved. A in the Days of dwindling budgets and the fact that we re not producing the my anymore to lose one like this is outrageous a said maj. 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