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Why getting more female troops into Special Operations will take time
As recently released data from the military services has shown, the participation of women in elite special operations roles remains a rarity.
Military parents foot the bill to ship breast milk to their infants. That could change soon.
Advocates hope reimbursement policy will change to include breast milk starting in January.
Indonesian army to end archaic virginity test for female soldiers
The two-finger test has no scientific value.
By Sarah Sicard
First female sailor completes Navy special warfare training
A female sailor successfully became a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
This bill proposes giving veterans a year of birth control at once
The proposed law would allow VA patients to request up to a year of birth control pills at a time.
How words are used in military culture to describe strength and weakness
We should stop using words that are uniquely feminine to describe weakness, says the author of this commentary.
By Lt. Col. Francesca Graham
USS Constitution names cannon in honor of 1st female chief petty officer
Loretta Perfectus Walsh was sworn in as the Navy’s first chief petty officer on March 21, 1917.
Book excerpt: ‘You Don’t Belong Here’
In “You Don’t Belong Here,” Elizabeth Becker uses the work and lives of three women journalists to illuminate the Vietnam War from the 1965 American buildup, the expansion into Cambodia, and the American defeat and its aftermath.
By Elizabeth Becker
Pentagon announces nominees for 3 combatant commands
Two women are positioned to take over TRANSCOM and SOUTHCOM, doubling the number of female combatant commanders in DoD history.
By Aaron Mehta
The ‘unexplained’ reasons female feds make less money
Female feds still make less money on average than their male counterparts, but the reasons why are getting harder to quantify.
By Jessie Bur
Female service member pairs $700 heels with dress blues, causing the internet to implode
A female service member wore Christian Louboutins with her dress blues, prompting a strong reaction from military Twitter.
By Sarah Sicard