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Female officers split on frontline roles
A ban on women serving in close combat roles in the British military is expected to be lifted by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Major Judith Webb, who was the first woman to lead an all-male field unit - and does not think women should serve on the front line - and Brigadier Nicky Moffat, who was the most senior woman in the British Army until her retirement in 2012 - and does - set out their arguments.
(Image: Female soldier in Basra. Credit: Getty Images)
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