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Marine survey lists concerns on women in combat
Male Marines listed being falsely accused of sexual harassment or assault as a top concern in a survey about moving women into combat jobs, and ...
VA report: 22 veterans commit suicide each day
The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, ...
Games likely to follow Pentagon on women in combat
Lara Croft. Samus Aran. Jill Valentine. Chell. In the realm of video games, it's not difficult to identify tough-as-nails women who uncover ancient ...
Marine leader: skepticism in infantry about women
The head of the Marine Corps — the most male of all military branches — said Thursday the infantry side is skeptical about how women will perform in ...
THE RESET: Familiar faces on Obama's 2nd-term team
President Barack Obama is much of the way through completing his second-term Cabinet and top White House staff. For many of those chosen so far, it's ...
Lawmaker looks outside VA to fill mental care gap
Veterans who have trouble getting timely mental health care from Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics should also have access to thousands of health ...
Health answers sought about burned-off war garbage
J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black ...
Wife of female Army officer can join spouses club
A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club said late Friday ...
American women have served and died from the first
American women have served and died on the nation's battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary ...
A look at countries where women are in combat
From France's Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with ...
AP PHOTOS: A look at women's military service
Through the years, women's roles in wartime have evolved — not that women ever have been inclined to just stand by. During the American Revolution, ...
1st woman to lead in combat 'thrilled' with change
Former U.S. Army Capt. Linda L. Bray says her male superiors were incredulous upon hearing she had ably led a platoon of military police officers ...
Women in combat face doubts over emotions, ability
During her time in Iraq, Alma Felix would see her fellow female soldiers leave the Army installations where she worked at a desk job and head into ...
Women in combat: Good to go if they meet standards
Women in the military must have the same opportunities as men to take on grueling and dangerous combat jobs, whether loading 50-pound artillery shells ...
Women already serve in some combat-related jobs
The Pentagon is knocking down old barriers to women serving in combat, but some already are in risky jobs. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's order, ...
White House says Obama supports women in combat
President Barack Obama says allowing women to serve in combat marks another step toward the country's founding ideals of fairness and equality.
2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
A second western New York hospital is notifying patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C through the improper ...
Gay rights groups seek order on employer bias
Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating ...
Coast Guardsman in custody after disappearance
A Coast Guardsman who disappeared more than three months ago and showed up at his home over the weekend was in military custody at Pearl Harbor on ...
Gay activists laud Obama speech, now want action
President Barack Obama's emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and ...
Same-sex military couples struggle for recognition
Sgt. Karen Alexander fought for her country in Iraq, but back home she often feels the U.S. Army is fighting against her. Married to another female ...
Agency: NC Camp Lejeune water contaminated in 1953
Tens of thousands more Marines and their relatives could be eligible for government health care for their illnesses now that a federal agency ...
Obama names 8 citizens to highlight his successes
President Barack Obama is featuring eight Americans as "citizen co-chairs" of his inauguration, a new role created to highlight his first-term ...