Which European countries draft women into the army? And why Germany still doesn't

Germany is planning to bring back a form of military service — but only men are required to sign up. Amid misinformation ...

Not just a man’s world: How women are changing Ukrainian army

Over 70,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nearly 20,000 of them in combat positions. Euronews met with three ...

'No turning back': More and more Ukrainian women join the army to fight Russia

An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military, with thousands serving in front-line roles, as Russia's war ...
WUNC

As the Pentagon reexamines women in combat, female veterans consider it a settled issue

Ten years ago, amid sometimes bitter debate, the first women began the Army's notoriously hard Ranger infantry training program. The same year, combat jobs across the military were opened to female ...
Time

Women in Combat: Listening to Those Who Have Been There

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 ...
Times of San Diego

Women have served in combat roles for a decade; the Pentagon is reopening the debate

The first three female rangers in 2015, from left: Capt. Kristen Griest, Maj. Lisa Jaster and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver. (Photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann/Office of the Secretary of Defense Public ...
MyNorthwest.com

Are combat fitness requirements really lower for women?

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth raised eyebrows this week when he said in a speech to military generals that fitness standards for combat must “return to the highest male standard.” “Those ...
New Republic

Pete Hegseth Unveils Rules to Force Women Out of Military Combat

Women can say goodbye to combat opportunities in the U.S. military. Speaking to hundreds of America’s top military commanders at a mandatory in-person assembly in Quantico Tuesday morning, War ...
The Atlantic

This Is What Women Pysched to Go into Combat Look Like

The Pentagon has ended its ban on women serving in combat, some women are already gloating about being given the chance to wear the Army award that basically says "I was in the sh*t." On Wednesday, ...
Aclu.org

Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military—and He's Not Hiding It

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made headlines when he summoned hundreds of senior military leaders to a military base in Quantico, Virginia and made troubling comments about equity in the military.
The Atlantic

The Worst Argument Against Women in Combat Yet: They're Sad Rape Victims

We've heard a lot of arguments against women in combat: They wouldn't be able lift injured male soldiers. (Not true.) They don't have the killer instinct. (Most people don't.) They are anatomically ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

EDITORIAL: Standards mean something

Imagine you're wearing the uniform of this country's military, and you've been sent to war. Or in this day of global terror, let's say you've been sent somewhere where you could be in danger. Which ...