President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended women serving in the military and, specifically in combat roles, amid growing ...

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 ...

U.S. Army convoys are given the thumbs up from a fellow soldier after crossing into Kuwait during the last convoy out of Iraq December 18, 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is conducting a six-month review of women serving in combat positions. “Our standards for combat arms positions will be elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of ...

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced on Thursday that the military has halted this year’s round of women who were training for the past six months to become combat drivers. The statement ...

The IDF announces the formation of a new all-female combat company next month in the 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit, which is stationed on the Lebanon border. That unit, part of the Border ...

PARRIS ISLAND, SC - FEBRUARY 27: Female Marine recruits stand in formation during pugil stick training in boot camp February 27, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Female enlisted Marines ...

The debate over women in combat roles, resolved nearly a decade ago through real-world success, has resurfaced. Revisiting it distracts from critical military priorities like recruitment, ...

The research suggests there's a stronger link between the mental health tolls of combat and chronic pain, even for those not directly exposed to combat, like military spouses. By Patty Nieberg ...