The U.S. defense secretary faced questions about his views on female soldiers at his confirmation hearing in mid-January 2025 ...

DW spoke with current and former female service members in India's military about challenges they face in rising through the ...

In a service where women were not permitted to fly in combat until 1993, adapting to a growing female population has been ...

Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam. Women’s History Month ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

And yet still, the military fell short and started looking for different people to join. One of the groups they looked to was women. As we can see, in the post-Vietnam years, women flooded into ...

One of his most contentious views is that the military has lowered standards to include women in combat. Advocates say they have fought against similar claims since all combat positions were ...

A LOCAL NONPROFIT IS EXPANDING A PROGRAM TO HELP MORE SERVICE MEMBERS BATTLING ADDICTION. THE HEALING PLACE WAS LAUNCHED A ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday moved to strike race and sex as considerations for military promotions, with plans for a new Pentagon task force to promote “merit-based, color-blind ...

From late 2024 onward, a claim circulated online that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in military combat roles. Shortly after President Donald Trump nominated him ...

This debate over the role of women in the military is not limited to the US. In India , which prides itself for promoting "Nari Shakti" (Women Power) in the defense forces , a similar debate on ...

DW spoke with current and former female service members in India's military about challenges they face in rising through the ranks and about the role women can play in the armed forces. Newly ...