The bill will allow female veterans who served in Cultural Support Teams to apply for re-evaluation and receive the benefits of full frontline duty service.
A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday would provide overlooked"For many years, women service members served valiantly alongside our military’s elite, risking their lives to help take out some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists while being denied official recognition for their combat duties," Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said.
"These women incurred the same hardships as their male counterparts, but tragically, they did not receive the same care from our VA or the recognition they deserve once they came home," Sullivan said."This is wrong and must be fixed." "I thank Senator Rosen for authoring this bill to fulfill our duty to these courageous American women and I thank our female service members who’ve fought and risked their lives for our country," he added. U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan speaks at the confirmation hearing for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency nominee Michael Regan before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee on February 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
we deserve. It is the first step in righting the wrong and helping to heal the moral injury we carry with us every day."
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