09-30-2010, 12:57
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
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I believe he said SOF, not SF.
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Yep.
More Women in Special Ops Forces, Gates Predicts
DOD News, 30 Sep 2010
Women already serve in a limited capacity within the special operations community -- primarily in civil affairs, mission information support and aviation capacities, a U.S. Special Operations Command official confirmed. However, most special operations billets, including Navy Sea, Air and Land teams, more commonly known as SEAL teams, and Special Forces A-teams, are limited to males.
Here's the entire speech if anyone's interested:
Lecture at Duke University (All-Volunteer Force)
As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday, September 29, 2010
http://www.defense.gov/speeches/spee...?speechid=1508
And so it goes...
Richard 
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