NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." Lance Cpl. Jasmine Abrego is ...

The question isn’t should women be in combat — it’s how. As a male combat veteran of two tours in Iraq with infantry units, the view from here is that women should have their own, separate, combat ...

ISRAELI MILITARY BASE, Golan Heights(Reuters) - Not far from the Syrian border, two Israeli soldiers - a man and a woman - faced off in a training session of Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustrative image of a female IDF soldier. (photo credit: FLASH90) Two female soldiers, K and Y – who serve in this capacity – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Emily Scherer for The 19th) Shortly after she graduated from Princeton University, Mikayla Blaska was selected by a unit ...

While I strongly support the military’s decision to allow women to hold combat and special ops positions, I am concerned that the military thinks this will substantially cut back on sexual assaults by ...

The Pentagon is mounting a six-month review of women in ground combat jobs, to ensure what it calls the military "effectiveness" of having several thousand female soldiers and Marines in infantry, ...

Backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, four female service members sued the Defense Department on Tuesday for the right to fight in combat units, just like their male counterparts. Since 1994, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veterans who trained dogs showed an increase in telomere length, a marker of cellular aging, while a control group showed a decrease. The study highlights the potential of non-traditional, ...