Aug 18 Watch 10:29 Will the first women to finish Ranger School change what's off limits in the military? By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching
Aug 18 First 2 women set to graduate from Army Ranger School By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two women have passed the Army's Ranger School, becoming the first females to complete the grueling combat training program and earn the right to wear Ranger tabs on their uniforms. Continue reading
Aug 11 As more women enter combat, access to contraception remains limited By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Next year, the military will officially lift restrictions on women in combat, the end of a process that may open up as many as 245,000 jobs that have been off limits to women. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 10:30 How many ballistic missile submarines does the U.S. really need? By PBS News Hour The Navy's formidable fleet of nuclear-armed submarines is approaching the end of its lifespan, and there’s growing debate over how many are needed and how to pay for them. Jamie McIntyre, national security correspondent for Al Jazeera America on special… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 3:56 Nuclear submarine captain: Nobody wants a launch to happen By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 This is the trigger that could launch a nuclear war By Dan Sagalyn This joystick-like device holds the fate of humanity in its grip. Continue reading
Jul 30 How to resupply a nuclear submarine By Dan Sagalyn, Jamie McIntyre The USS Pennsylvania is a stealth submarine on active patrol in the Pacific Ocean. Armed with up to 24 Trident D-5 nuclear missiles, the Ohio-class vessel is part of America’s fleet of 14 nuclear armed submarines. Maintaining a ship like… Continue reading
Jul 19 Mitsubishi apologizes for using American POWs as laborers in WWII By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Senior executives from Mitsubishi Materials held a press conference at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles on Sunday to formally apologize for using American prisoners of war as forced laborers during World War II. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 7:45 How studying insects may lead to smarter drones By PBS News Hour When you watch an insect fly in slow motion, you get a whole new perspective on the complexity of movement and engineering. A new collaborative research project, funded by the U.S. Air Force, is devoted to studying how insects and… Continue watching