Women have long contributed to military operations, but only in the past two decades have many countries started to integrate ...

Hicks, a devoted civil servant and herself one of the most senior women in the national defense establishment, noted how far women in uniform have come in the more than 75 years since their ...

“There is no U.S. military as we know it” without women, Duckworth said. Women make up over 17 percent of the active duty force, according to a U.S. Department of Defense report released in 2023.

BOSTON — To celebrate Women’s History Month, and the legacy of the first woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress, Gov. Maura Healey unveiled an exhibition of Women’s Army Corps uniforms ...

Women must complete one pull-up or 15 push-ups in the same time frame. Those gender-specific standards will remain for some military jobs, Mr. Hegseth said in a statement accompanying the order.

Now she's making sure other women thrive in uniform. More than 2 million women were active duty service members in 2022. That's more than 17 percent of the total U.S. Military.