The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit to eliminate remaining barriers to women in combat. The military has been opening more jobs to women, but they are still barred from being assigned to combat missions even though many continue to face fire in Afghanistan … “Once those [physical fitness standards] have been satisfied, that’s it ,” said U.Va. law professor Anne Coughlin. “Sex can’t be used as an additional proxy to keep women out or, by the way, to force men in.”