But some lawmakers criticized the Pentagon's move and questioned whether physical requirements would permit women to enter combat duty in large numbers.

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Particularly as more women enter combat roles, military men need to learn more about their own sexual psyche and why they may have feelings of aggression, entitlement or expect sexual privileges.

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His jungle combat experience of treating wounded soldiers with scant medical supplies prompted him to enter the medical profession upon his return to France and his subsequent move to America, with Suzanne, in the 1950s.

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