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Changes to uniforms and allowing women to briefly experience life in the ranks before they join the Canadian Forces are among the recommendations from a special team that are now being acted on as part of efforts to attract women to the military.

But proposed social media posts like, “My bling are my medals,” and, “My war paint is camouflage” — a reference to makeup — won’t be used, Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson, commander of Military Personnel Command, said Friday.

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The various recommendations and suggestions were contained in military reports released to this newspaper under the Access to Information law. They come from a 85-page Tiger Team report on recruitment of women in the Canadian Armed Forces as well as a separate military document, Women’s Campaign 2019-2020.

“We do not ever want to suppress ideas around the table,” said Edmundson, referring to Women’s Campaign 2019-2020. “What you saw there might have been some of those ideas that might have resonated.