In recent years, many countries have made strides towards gender equality in the armed forces, allowing women to join on an equal basis to men. However, there are still some who argue that the military is a male-dominated profession and that women should not be allowed to serve, which I ...
Women at war: Most changes are in Army, Marines
After receiving a letter from the Secretary of War who asked her to put together a team and look after British soldiers during the Crimean War, she moved to London. This was the first time that women were allowed to serve in the army.She went home as a hero and even received a thank...
"At anything else, military women are no different from men ... [and] the more women there are who perform their duties well, the better the attitude towards military women becomes. Of course, the attitude cannot change fundamentally in one day, or even a year, it is a long process," ...
The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and fo...
That peer influence is a big reason for the prevalence of smoking in the military, says Paul Fitzpatrick, program manager of theQuit Tobacco-UCanQuit2initiative at the Defense Health Agency, which provides health services to the U.S military. "Young men and women away from home for the first...
With more Japanese women (who often control the household budget) going out to work, the salesmen increasingly find nobody at home when they call. That means another visit in the evening or the weekend. Then they face an extra problem: more people, especially the young, prefer to choose a...
bigoted teachings, but nevertheless believe that there is no teaching in the Bible that is clearer than the one that holds that women are inferior to men, and than women should never be allowed to teach or lead men.If you believe the Bible, you have to believe that women are inferior to...
US Army veteran Elizabeth Beggs said women in military service have already proven they’re capable. “Let’s not get it twisted. Women have been in combat since the beginning of history,” Beggs said. But she does agree with Hegseth on one thing: “Not all women are capable – just lik...
The women who spoke to House investigators were also involved in the abandoned DOJ probe, it’s worth noting. But the Ethics Committee can go where the feds won’t: While prosecutors need to prove crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, the panel has a wide berth to probe violations of the...