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Study: Women In Military Pay Much More Than Men For Uniforms

By Scott Bourque
Published March 13, 2021 at 4:07 PM CST
Soldiers of the U.S. Army V Corps conduct a color casing ceremony to mark the departure of V Corps headquarters from Europe on May 10, 2012, at the U.S. Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Soldiers of the U.S. Army V Corps conduct a color casing ceremony to mark the departure of V Corps headquarters from Europe on May 10, 2012, at the U.S. Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany.

A new study by the Government Accountability Office shows that women in the U.S. military have to pay more for required uniform items, but receive less allowance for it.

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