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Marines, Air Force on track for 2024 recruiting; Navy projected to miss
Here's where each of the services stand.
First female assault amphibian officer expected to graduate next week
The woman is expected to complete training on Oct. 3.
By Jeff Schogol
First female Marine to graduate from Infantry Officer Course
The woman is expected to graduate on Sept. 25.
By Jeff Schogol
MEDAL: Female Marines are rocking pullups on the Corps’ new fitness test
What's next? Gender-neutral fitness standards?
By Military Times Editors
Commentary: 'Leaders First' is a failed policy
The Army is extolling its “leaders first” initiative as the reason gender integration is succeeding, but the policy acts as a barrier to women who want to enter combat arms.
By Ellen Haring
How the Army integrated its last male-only jobs, leaders first
When then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced in 2013 that the Defense Department would open all military occupational specialties to women, he gave the services three years to come up with a plan.
American Legion elects its first female national commander
American Legion members elected their first female national commander on Thursday, the second woman this month to take over the top leadership role of a major national veterans organization.
Infantry drill sergeants suspended after sexual assault allegations from female recruits
A group of Fort Benning drill sergeants have been suspended amid an investigation into multiple sexual assault allegations, a Fort Benning spokesman confirmed to Army Times on Wednesday.
Despite changes, 13 Navy ratings are still 99 percent men
Even after the Pentagon opened up all military jobs to women, female sailors remain noticeably absent from more than a dozen Navy career fields.
Navy: Only woman in SEAL training pipeline drops out
The only woman in the Navy SEAL training pipeline has dropped out, a Navy special warfare official confirmed Friday.
Marines eye plan to put women in West Coast combat training
The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is eyeing a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California, as officials work to quash recurring problems with sexism and other bad behavior among Marines, according to Marine Corps officials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press