The primary purpose of the passage is to

• A. present an overview of the different types of assignments available to women.
• B. analyze reforms in the new United States all-volunteer armed forces necessitated by the increasing number of women in the military.
• C. present the new United States all-volunteer armed forces as a model case of equal employment policies in action.
• D. present a reasoned prognosis of the status of women in the new United States all-volunteer armed forces.