FORT MEADE, Md. -- Female general officers from across the U.S. Army spoke about experiences women have faced in the military during a Women Leadership Roundtable Discussion with a bipartisan ...

TIMELINE: A History Of Women In The US Military n January 2017, the first female Marines graduated from infantry school. In 2016, the first female soldiers became infantry officers.

Richardson, already the Army's first female combat arms general officer, became its first woman to command the Army component of a larger, multiservice unit.

Retired Gen. Ann Dunwoody served nearly four decades in the U.S. military and in 2008 became the first female four-star general officer in the U.S. military. "I never heard the words 'glass ...

WASHINGTON — All four of the U.S. military’s four-star female officers gathered in public Monday for the first time to talk about the sexism that they have experienced in the service and how ...

The Marine Corps now has a Black female two-star general -- a historic first for the branch and another major achievement for women and minorities in the military this year.

Captain Kristen Griest is also one of the first women to complete Ranger School. — -- Already a trailblazer, Army Captain Kristen Griest became the Army’s first female infantry officer when ...

The 2023 inductees to the Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame and separate awardees included three-star generals, a staff sergeant and even a male Navy commander. Some served as pioneers in ...

The 63rd United States Senate Youth Program visit to the Pentagon showcased mentorship and leadership in public service. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, alongside military mentors Maj ...

As of 2021, the share of women on active duty in the military had increased to 17.3%. The percentage of women serving as commissioned officers also rose accordingly, from 4% in 1973 to 20% in 2021.

Female general officers from across the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force spoke about experiences women have faced in the military during a Women Leadership Roundtable Discussion with a bipartisan ...

Richardson, already the Army’s first female combat arms general officer, became its first woman to command the Army component of a larger, multiservice unit.