Combat experience is traditionally a prerequisite for advancement to the military’s top leadership, which currrently is disproportionately male, even when the greater ratio of men to women in the ...

Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs chose one of the Army's most demanding paths where officers command tanks, a field known for relentless tactical complexity and one that demands a mastery of some of the ...

The U.S. Army formalized equal fitness standards between men and women in combat roles in new guidelines released Monday. The new Army Fitness Test (AFT), formally the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), ...

Happy Friday! The Army announced this week that male and female soldiers in 21 combat military occupational specialties will have to meet the same standards on the new Army Fitness Test, which also ...

Army veteran, author and veterans' advocate Kayla Williams hopes strides made to allow women in combat roles don't fall by the wayside. Deborah Sampson covered her chest with a tight piece of cloth, ...

U.S. Army convoys are given the thumbs up from a fellow soldier after crossing into Kuwait during the last convoy out of Iraq December 18, 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on ...

Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Shortly after she graduated from Princeton University, Mikayla Blaska was selected by a unit commander to attend ...

The Army released details of a new field fitness test for soldiers in combat roles. It mirrors an event in Expert Infantryman Badge testing ...