From France’s Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with stories of women fighting alongside men.

In 2015, the US military joined the majority of the western world when Defense Department officials announced women would finally be able to serve in combat-oriented roles. Although women were no ...

More than a dozen industrialized nations allow women to serve in combat roles, including Germany, France, Israel and Australia. The U.S. is joining that group.

History is replete with examples of women stepping into combat roles when the need arose, from the Revolutionary War to WWII. These instances weren't driven by social experiments but by necessity.

Women undertaking frontline combat roles in armies has been a contentious issue around the world. According to National Geographic, at least 16 industrialized nations permit women to serve on the ...

In 2011, Bedell led 46 women in combat missions in Afghanistan with all-male combat units as part of a female engagement team. Bedell said in a 2012 news conference , “My Marines supported ...

As the Islamic State amped up attacks around the world, the Pentagon responded by bravely announcing that American women will now be put in direct ground combat.

Kelley Beaucar Vlalos rightly calls attention to a neglected angle of the Iraq War in her American Conservative article, Women at War. Despite Congressional mandates and Army regulations to the ...

After the Pentagon integrated women into combat jobs, ... 2017. I woke up at 3 am that day in Fort Benning, Georgia, shaved my head — a quarter-inch all the way around — just like the men.

Women have served in combat roles for the U.S. for more than 30 years, and some veterans and enlisted women worry Pete Hegseth might change that if he's confirmed as defense secretary.

Around the world, at least 16 industrialized countries ... More than a dozen industrialized nations allow women to serve in combat roles, including Germany, France, Israel and Australia.