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The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing on sexual assault in the military. Witnesses included two women who were assaulted while serving in the military. Each of…

Veterans Affairs officials testified at a hearing on female veterans' health care issues. The witnesses discussed efforts to enhance services and access for female veterans, military sexual…

U.S. Army veteran Eileen Rivers talked about her book, Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan.

Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the question, “Should women have to register for military service?” Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Patrick…

Retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano and Army veteran Kelly Kennedy were interviewed at the National Press Club’s Book Fair about the book they co-authored, Fight Like a Girl: The…

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Kate Germano discussed gender bias in the military. She was interviewed by Military Times reporter Todd South.

This War Department film documented how women helped the war effort. In the film, an actor portraying Adolf Hitler after a fictional 1944 surrender realizes that the “Hidden Army” of…

Elizabeth Cobbs talked about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. She also spoke about how their service affected the…

Two U.S. Marine Corps officers and a U.S. Coast Guard captain talked about their personal experiences as women in the armed services in a panel discussion titled, “Leading Military Women:…

Major Mary Jennings Hegar talked about her book Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, in which she talks about her tours in Afghanistan with…

Don Benton talked about the mission of the Selective Service and the Pentagon’s recommendation to expand registration to include women.

The Defense Advisory Committee investigating sexual assault in the armed forces held a public meeting. In this portion a former Air Force senior airman talked about being raped and beaten…

Military attorneys from the five armed service branches spoke at a forum examining sexual assault in the military. They discussed their experiences representing clients of sexual assault and…

Representatives of each military service branch described their expedited transfer polices for service members who report sexual misconduct. They spoke before he 16-member Defense Advisory…

Former U.S. Marine Corps officer Tracy Crow and former U.S. Navy officer Jerri Bell talked about their book It’s My Country Too: Women’s Military Stories from the American Revolution to…

U.S. Coast Guard Senior Petty Officer Mary Cunningham (Retired) and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Angela Maness talked about their personal experiences as women trailblazers in the…

Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John McCain (R-AZ) spoke about a measure in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that would include women in selective service.

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James talked about the Air Force and wider military issues. Topics included Congress’s defense policy debates, actions by China and the U.S. in the South…

Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa delivered the weekly Republican address. She gave a Memorial Day tribute to the military and talked about legislation to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots…

Military and foreign policy experts talked about the challenges and benefits of integrating women into the armed forces. Juliet Beyler said no quota exists for the number of women in combat…