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Since the late 1980s, a political goal of the Norwegian government has been to increase the number of women in the Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF). Nevertheless, growth has been slow and Norway is falling behind compared with other NATO countries. Despite being among the top four countries to establish initiatives for the recruitment and retention of women in military service, in Norway the armed forces are among the least successful of the NATO member countries in securing female personnel. Recruiting women at the national level serves to enlarge the pool from which female personnel are drawn for international operations.