Nearly 1 in 3 Female Recruits Were Injured in Army Basic Training Last Year Women are at least twice as likely as men to be injured in Army basic training, according to data collected over six years by...
The Most Decorated Female Soldier in the History of Modern Warfare Milunka Savić probably didn’t know she was about to set out on a seven-year rampage of destruction across two continents in...
Female Air Force Pilots Would Be Able to Safely Pee In-Flight During Long Missions with New Tech Being Tested Female pilots at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, are ground testing a new bladder relief method.
How the War in Iraq Changed the Military for Women Some 2,200 active-duty women out of roughly 40,000 are serving in infantry, cavalry, armor and field artillery roles.
How a Beauty Queen Turned Guerrilla Avenged Her Father's Death in World War II As a young girl, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso loved all things beauty-related. Her life changed dramatically when the Japanese...
Female Soldiers Twice as Likely to Be Diagnosed with Mental Health Conditions in Theater Than Males, Study Finds Women had higher diagnostic rates than men for a dozen mental health disorders examined by Pentagon researchers.
Women Still Unable to Break Glass Ceiling of Navy SEAL Qualifications Although none has qualified for the Navy SEALS, women now serve as instructors at the Navy Special Warfare Training Center.
First Woman to Serve as 'Chief of the Boat' on a Submarine Reports for Duty The history of women aboard U.S. Navy submarines is limited, as female officers were only allowed to serve on submarines...
June 12 Is Women Veterans Day Women were first able to serve as permanent, regular members of the services in 1948.
Could Access to Abortion Services Change Where the Military Stations Troops? The overturning of Roe v. Wade has some concerned about troops' quality of life in states where abortion is no longer...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...