Remembering the Last, First Women's Airforce Service Pilot Betty "Tack" Blake was believed to be the last surviving graduate of the first Women’s Airforce Service Pilot training class...
These Were the First Women to Join Each US Military Service Who were the trailblazers? Here are their stories.
'Staying Alive with Honor': How American Female POWs Survived Their Ordeal Fewer than 100 military women have been held as POWs throughout American history.
She Was the First Black Female US Naval Academy Plebe When Janie L. Mines arrived at the Naval Academy, the academy wasn't ready for women.
4 Female Veterans to Honor During Women's History Month Here's a look at just a few women who put themselves in harm's way to protect our way of life.
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helped End the Military's Policy of Forced Abortion Until 1970, pregnant women in the military had a choice: get an abortion or get out. Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped change that.
A World War II Veteran Recalls Her Service in the Women's Army Corps at Age 100 Lorraine Mulvaney Vogelsang joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1943, one year after President Franklin Roosevelt...
Cathay Williams Was the Army's Only Female Buffalo Soldier and First Black Female Enlistee Cathay Williams, the only female Buffalo soldier, originally was captured as "contraband" by the Union Army during the Civil...
'Tenacious Fighting Women' Held Off the Nazi Attack on Stalingrad for Two Days The fighting women of Stalingrad that held off the Germans' attack for two days had just graduated from high school.
A Jewish Woman Drew First Blood In Revenge for the Holocaust With other partisans from the Vilnius Ghetto, Vitka Kempner fought back against Nazi occupation.
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...