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Jones wanted to be a sniper but, like many women on active service in the U.S. military, she has never been outside "the wire" -- the heavily guarded razor-wire perimeter of her base. "I don't think the American public on a whole is ready to hear about females in the military getting blown up and their body parts everywhere," Jones said. Still, Jones said she would like to see more women in combat. In the U.S. Marines, women cannot fight with units engaged in direct combat with the enemy. While they do get some infantry training, they cannot join infantrymen on the front line. Jones, 20, works in a motor pool at Camp Leatherneck, a sprawling base of thousands of U.S. Marines in southern Helmand province, the heartland of the Taliban-led insurgency. Her hair is cut about an inch above her collar, according to Marine regulations for women with short hair, and she works with a unit fixing armored vehicles. She longs to go outside "the wire", but the rate at which armored vehicles are being ambushed and blown up in a growing insurgency means Jones's skills are needed more at Leatherneck's motor pool. Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst level this year since the Taliban were overthrown by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001. Casualties have soared since U.S. and British forces launched major offensives in the south mid-year. At least 882 American service members have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001, and U.S. President Barack Obama is seriously considering sending thousands more to join a war many at home are becoming increasingly weary with. Despite the dangers, women like Jones and Sergeant Shannon Boertmann are frustrated that camps like Leatherneck are as close to the frontline as they are likely to get. Boertmann helps build bases from scratch, often in remote areas where Marine units have just taken new ground. But she is not trained for the infantry -- a high-risk specialty reserved for men, known as "grunts", who are trained to kill. "It's a little bit (frustrating), I can understand why females are not out there, but at the same time I want to get out there," Boertmann said. "They have a really tight bond and I think 'wow I wish I could be out there and try it'," she says of the grunts. GUNS, BUNS AND GRUNTS Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Also On Reuters Commentary: The lucrative business of Obama-bashing Special Report: Is Fed playing politics over Wall Street pay? Slideshow Slideshow: Which Idol alumni took home the most cash? More International News Suicide bomber kills six in Pakistan Security big worry as Afghans gear up for run-off | Video Two Koreas held secret talks for summit: report Somalia's Shabaab rebels threaten Uganda, Burundi ASEAN focuses on rights, trade amid tight security | Video More International News... 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