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 ...

Newly confirmed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn a spotlight on the role of women in the military, having made ...

In December 2015, the Obama administration decided to allow women to serve in all combat roles. “There will be no exceptions,” Ashton Carter, then the secretary of defense, announced. Women would be ...

The White House budget office rescinded a memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans after Republican senators “hit the ceiling” over the order, which caught them completely by surprise ...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the ...

President Donald Trump has launched his second bid to oust all transgender troops from the military, and once again it will ...

Thomas Homan, Trump's choice to serve as the border czar, said U.S. military assets would be a "force multiplier" in the deportations. The Air Force's first female airman received the Silver Star ...

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The Department of Defense announced the opening of all military occupations and specialties to women in December 2015; Women have received numerous commendations for their service in combat after ...

Rancy also faces obstruction of justice charges, officials said. He is currently in pretrial confinement ahead of a preliminary hearing. A combat engineer, Rancy is originally from Miami and joined ...