One thing is clear: Women have proved capable in combat. "It's clear to all of us that women are contributing in unprecedented ways to the military's mission of defending the nation," said then-Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta in January as he announced plans to open up more roles to...
Generally four out of five respondents felt that women should serve in some capacity in military combat. Further one-third of all respondents believed that qualified women should be allowed to volunteer for combat units, while one-third said they were satisfied with the policy in effect at the ...
By the Numbers: Women in the military A look at the numbers when it comes to women in the U.S. military. President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, said "we should not have women in combat roles."...
"Where else in the military can you be a helicopter pilot, work at the White House, work at the United States Capitol, work at the Pentagon, and lead American sons and daughters in combat," Richardson told CBS News. Hundreds in U.S. history have held the rank of four-star general ...
The move reversed the 1994 rule that prohibited women from serving in combat. The change would be gradual; some positions would be available to women immediately, but each branch of the military has until 2016 to request exceptions to the new rule. In fact, the first female soldiers to comp...
women to leave the military. Biden went on to say that women should not be there as tokens and should not be penalized for having children, mentioning changes like re-designing body armor to fit women properly; re-tailoring combat uniforms; creating maternity flight suits; even updating ...
The case for women in combat runs more or less as follows: 1) We have entered an era of push-button war in which purely physical strength has lost much if not all of its military relevance. 2) To the extent that strength continues to matter, some women can meet requirements and should...
In mid-1941, when the British military began using women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in anti-aircraft units, they made it clear that the purpose was to free up more men to fight; women were still barred from taking combat roles.The Blitzhad just ended, but Germany’sLuftw...
000 women had served in the WAVES. There was strong support within the Navy to allow women to serve permanently. This support helped lead to the enactment of the Women’s Armed Service Integration Act in June 1948, giving women regular, permanent status in any branch of the U.S. Military...
General "Hap" Arnold, began lobbying for WASP pilots to be recognized as veterans. They were eventually successful. In 1977, with support of Senator and former ferry pilot Barry Goldwater, President Jimmy Carter signed the G. I. Bill Improvement Act which granted WASP pilots full military ...