Female strength – and willingness to confront the enemy directly – has underpinned Israel’s successful military response to ...

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The Combat Medical Badge (CMB) is one of the least known but most revered of Army awards. Established in 1945 by the War ...

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

Palestinian militant group Hamas has released four Israeli female soldiers who were held in the Gaza Strip as part of the ...

The debate over women in combat roles, resolved nearly a decade ago through real-world success, has resurfaced. Revisiting it ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, drew Democrats’ ire for past statements voicing strong opposition to female troops serving in combat units.

The military announced gender-neutral standards for combat roles in 2016. In his public bid to become the next defense secretary, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told a Senate panel on ...

“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated,” he said in a ...

Democrats geared up Tuesday to grill Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on his past behavior and opposition to women serving in combat roles during his potentially explosive confirmation ...