The panel has selected 18 subjects spanning personnel, policy and operational matters for examination, mainly the critical ...

Females in uniform like Amy Stevens are being recognized in Atlanta parade, history exhibit and Georgia hall of fame before Veterans Day as combat roles for women are debated.

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Pete Hegseth will try to convince members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he should be the next secretary of defense, following weeks of meetings with lawmakers who peppered him ...

In Mosul, Iraq, shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Army Lt. Col. Steve Countouriotis of Petaluma and his civil affairs crew were surrounded by several Kurds who appeared interested in ...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), a former Navy pilot running for New Jersey governor, on Tuesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of trying to force women out of the military after he announced 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 ...

We've heard a lot of arguments against women in combat: They wouldn't be able lift injured male soldiers. (Not true.) They don't have the killer instinct. (Most people don't.) They are anatomically ...