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

Newly confirmed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn a spotlight on the role of women in the military, having made ...

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 ...

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 ...

Netflix's 'Six Triple Eight' tells the heroic true story of the only all-Black, all-female battalion in WWII, led by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington.

U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz joined Sens. Patty Murray, Tammy Duckworth and more than a dozen other Democrats in ...

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 ...