Army Times says women are being forced to prove something they already proved. They are right. But that is only half the problem. Army Times argues that female soldiers are pushing back because the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON The ...

Female combat soldiers currently serve in a variety of combat units, not just in support roles but at the core of operational defense. In the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase from just ...

Some 30 female Israeli Air Force pilots and navigators have participated in the strikes on Iran, according to the military.

The question isn’t should women be in combat — it’s how. As a male combat veteran of two tours in Iraq with infantry units, the view from here is that women should have their own, separate, combat ...

Politicians often speak of “an idea whose time has come,” and so it was with the Pentagon decision last week to lift the 1994 Defense Department restriction on women in direct combat roles. When you ...

The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday it directed a review of women’s “effectiveness” in ground combat roles after nearly a decade of them serving in such jobs. The move follows Defense Secretary Pete ...

As female combat soldiers take center stage in Israel’s current war, a historic site preserves the stories of women who have defended the state ...

When I heard Leon Panetta’s announcement about lifting the combat restrictions on women in the military, I immediately thought of former Army National Guard Sergeant Paigh Bumgarner. Bumgarner had ...

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology ...

We've heard a lot of arguments against women in combat: They wouldn't be able lift injured male soldiers. (Not true.) They don't have the killer instinct. (Most people don't.) They are anatomically ...

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced on Thursday that the military has halted this year’s round of women who were training for the past six months to become combat drivers. The statement ...