Senate Combat Veteran Pushes Better Gear for Female Troops

摘要

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has introduced legislation that could lead to better-fitting equipment for female service members. The Female Body Armor Modernization Act (S. 2970) would push the Defense Department to expedite contracting, procurement and fielding of a new generation of protective equipment that better fits and protects all service members, to include females, and reduces preventable injuries. Ernst is a retired Iowa Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and the first female combat veteran elected to the Senate. Co-sponsors of S. 2970 include two other female combat veterans, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz.