The defense secretary ordered a review of women in combat roles, claiming standards were compromised — but the requirements ...

The military’s top enlisted leaders, who are all men, said they do not see an “erosion” of standards with women serving in ...

Female combat soldiers currently serve in a variety of combat units, not just in support roles but at the core of operational defense. In the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase from just ...

Pete Hegseth came to office with benighted views of women in combat. Within a year, he ordered a study on whether having ...

The question isn’t should women be in combat — it’s how. As a male combat veteran of two tours in Iraq with infantry units, the view from here is that women should have their own, separate, combat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustrative image of a female IDF soldier. (photo credit: FLASH90) Two female soldiers, K and Y – who serve in this capacity – ...

Ten years ago, amid sometimes bitter debate, the first women began the Army's notoriously hard Ranger infantry training program. The same year, combat jobs across the military were opened to female ...

The first three female rangers in 2015, from left: Capt. Kristen Griest, Maj. Lisa Jaster and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver. (Photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann/Office of the Secretary of Defense Public ...

Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Julius Hackney. Women who have served in combat arms for the last decade say a new Pentagon-ordered review of their “effectiveness” is the latest frustrating chapter ...

1 of 12 — Young women learn how to charge an enemy with rifles and bayonets at their high school in Tokyo, Feb. 18, 1937. Japan trained women and girls for auxiliary army units. 2 of 12 — Jewish women ...

Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs chose one of the Army's most demanding paths where officers command tanks, a field known for relentless tactical complexity and one that demands a mastery of some of the ...

When I heard Leon Panetta’s announcement about lifting the combat restrictions on women in the military, I immediately thought of former Army National Guard Sergeant Paigh Bumgarner. Bumgarner had ...