The groundbreaking move overturns a 1994 rule preventing women from serving in ground combat units. The military has been given until 2016 to recommend any special exceptions to the new regulation.
Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The judge in the court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning said Tuesday that she will close portions...
Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education...
A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled the government properly classified more than 50 post-mortem photos of...
