Ordnance School's Artillery Mechanic Course to graduate first female Soldiers (The United States Army)

(Source: The United States Army) FORT LEE, Va. (July 11, 2013) -- The Army Artillery Mechanic is no longer a male-only military occupational specialty. Two Soldiers -- Pfc. Jessica Jones and Pfc. Angelika Jansen -- will be the first females to hold the MOS when they graduate from the U.S. Army Ordnance School here Tuesday. The 15-week course they attended, also known as MOS 91P, is one of six the Army opened to women last year as part of an effort to loosen the combat exclusion provisions under the Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule. As artillery mechanics, the two active duty...