Neomi, Shani, Nastia – who all survived the Supernova Music Festival massacre on October 7 are seen in the IDF reserves, their faces blurred as they are on active duty. (photo credit: IDF) Women now ...

On March 8, International Women's Day honors Artemisia, Joan of Arc, and modern warriors like Leigh Ann Hester who shattered combat barriers.

The Israel Defense Forces say female soldiers now serve across front-line, naval, air, and cyber roles, a threefold increase from a decade ago ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...