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PANJWAII, Afghanistan — This undated photo provided by Canadian Armed Forces shoes Captain Ashley Collette, posing for a photo with children during a patrol in Afghanistan. During her 10- month deployment, Collette led a 50-strong all-male infantry unit providing security to villagers. Now 28, she received the Medal of Military Valour, Canada's third-highest military honour, for her leadership in the Panjwaii district near Kandahar. In 1989, a ruling by Canada's Human Rights Commission ordered women to be admitted to all combat roles except aboard submarines. The submarine ban fell three years later. (Photo: AP)
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