Huffington Post – Just to be clear, it’s been a decade or more since I’ve gotten angry emails from civilian macho-men incensed at the idea that women could and should be allowed to take on combat roles in the...
USA Today – Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt went on what she calls “door-kicking missions” with combat soldiers searching Afghan villages. In Iraq, she was wounded by a roadside bomb. Marine Capt. Zoe Bedell trained female Marines to...
The exclusionary policy that keeps women from serving in combat is — as the lawsuit attests — a denial of equal opportunity. If women can meet the same physical performance standards, they should have the right to serve in...
Women’s Health Policy Report - About 12% of U.S. servicewomen have an unintended pregnancy annually, but few studies have examined their level of access to and use of contraceptives, particularly during deployment. Study authors Kate Grindlay and Daniel Grossman...
Huffington Post – A first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, a captain in the Marine Corps Reserves, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves and a major in the U.S. Air National Guard filed suit Tuesday against...
Huffington Post – Flirtatious emails. Jealous threats. Consensual sex. Scandalous? Hardly. Try… Foolish. Ubiquitous. All too human adult behavior. And frankly none of our business. The real scandal is that this type of behavior — stumbled upon via highly...
Huffington Post – On an isolated hilltop outpost overlooking a town in Eastern Afghanistan in spring 2007, a cell phone rang. If the phone — a detonation device — had been properly wired, Rebekah Havrilla and her team leader...
Huffington Post – Thursday marked the one year anniversary of the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and to honor the occasion, President Obama tweeted “All Americans can now serve their country without hiding who they are.” However, there...
Evening Sun – U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Petronio hopes her experiences can help with a difficult issue. After two stressful and physically demanding deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Petronio was told she was...
Kansas City Star – Army Maj. Heather Mack deployed last year one day before the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the policy that banned gays, lesbians and bisexuals from serving openly in the U.S. military. Mack left the...
