Nation Dec 09 Watch 14:12 Part 2: Female Marine recruits at boot camp strive to meet the same standards as men By PBS News Hour
Nation Dec 08 Watch 10:12 Part 1: These women aspire to combat roles — now they’re training for them By PBS News Hour
Nation May 03 American soldier killed in combat in Iraq U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday that an American serviceman has been killed in Iraq, describing it as a "combat death."… By Sinan Salaheddin and Robert Burns, Associated Press
Nation Aug 18 Watch 10:29 Will the first women to finish Ranger School change what’s off limits in the military? For the first time, two women have completed the Army’s rigorous Ranger School training program. But unlike their fellow male graduates, they will not yet be allowed to serve in elite Ranger units, due to the Pentagon’s current ban on… By PBS News Hour
Apr 22 Watch 7:07 The sister soldiers who assisted Special Ops in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In Afghanistan, an elite band of female U.S. soldiers were deployed on risky night raids with one of the toughest special operations units. Margaret Warner talks to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, who recounts their story in her book, “Ashley’s War.”… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch ‘Everyone Is Entitled to a Chance’: Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat 'Everyone Is Entitled to a Chance': Panetta Lifts Ban on Women in Combat… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lifts Armed Services Ban on Women in Combat Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lifts Armed Services Ban on Women in Combat… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch More U.S. Troops Died by Suicide Than in Afghanistan Combat in 2012 More U.S. Troops Died by Suicide Than in Afghanistan Combat in 2012… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Military Suicides Outnumbered Combat Deaths in Afghanistan in 2012 In other news Monday, the Associated Press reported U.S. military suicides hit a record in 2012, with 349 deaths. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the rash of military suicides an epidemic. Also, government officials in Beijing admitted for the first… Continue watching