Latest "Women in Combat" stories

US military has more work to do integrating women, report finds

Women's perspectives are essential to U.S. national security strategy and operations, according to the report.

By Meghann Myers

7 weeks ago

"The Fly Girls Revolt" is the untold story of the women military aviators of the 1970s and 1980s who kicked open the door to fly in combat in 1993—along with the story of the women who paved the way before them.

The women who won the right to fly in combat

Meet a band of women aviators who kicked open the door to fly in combat in this excerpt from “The Fly Girls Revolt” by Eileen A. Bjorkman.

By Eileen A. Bjorkman

7 months ago

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter honored as ‘force of nature’

President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who died in October of a heart attack.

11 months ago

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dies of heart attack at age 68

Carter served in the top Pentagon role from 2015 to 2017.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

14 months ago

Supreme Court won’t review men-only draft registration law

The Supreme Court said it’ll be up to Congress, not the court, to decide whether to change the requirement that only men must register for the draft.

2 years ago

Supreme Court asked to review men-only draft registration law

The registration requirement in the Selective Service System is one of the few remaining places where federal law treats men and women differently.

2 years ago