In Mosul, Iraq, shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Army Lt. Col. Steve Countouriotis of Petaluma and his civil affairs crew were surrounded by several Kurds who appeared interested in ...

Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) has reintroduced The Jax Act, which will amend the military records of women veterans deployed – but never recognized – for their service alongside Special Operations ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A military advisory commission is recommending that the Pentagon do away with a policy that bans women from serving in combat units, breathing new life into a long-simmering debate.

Pete Hegseth will try to convince members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he should be the next secretary of defense, following weeks of meetings with lawmakers who peppered him ...

Women weren’t allowed to officially serve in direct ground combat jobs when Emelie Vanasse started her ROTC program at George Washington University. Instead, she studied biology — but it still ...

No, it’s not. Women are already in combat, and are serving well and professionally. The issue should be more clearly entitled, “Women in the infantry.” And this is a decidedly different proposition.

Ahead of President Obama’s Tuesday night address on the end of American combat operations in Iraq, the White House released these excerpts of his speech: “But this milestone should serve as a reminder ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon conceded Wednesday that U.S. troops are in combat in Iraq after days of dancing around the characterization following the first death of U.S. service member in the campaign ...