Women now make up approximately 10 percent of the current veteran population, the fastest-growing demographic. The number of female veterans treated at the VA almost tripled between 2000 and 2015.

American military uniforms have come a long way - from Revolutionary War coats to today’s high-tech combat gear. In this ...

Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s ...

The US military recently updated its uniform guidelines to restrict personnel from wearing colored nail polish, much to the chagrin of women in the service. They'll look more polished with this ...

Women in the military: ... nearly 350,000 American women served in uniform.Ann E. Dunwoody became the first female battalion commander for the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division in 1992 and the ...

That's because the flag on an American servicemember's uniform is backward. That is to say, the canton (the top left corner), which houses the blue field of 50 white stars, is in the upper right.

The first American woman in uniform captured by the Nazis: Veterans Day 2019 Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 9:21 a.m. Gertrude "Gertie" Legendre with future husband Sidney, right, and others in ...

"They had a poster of a woman in a uniform inviting women to join the military service - 'We need you.' And my mother said she stopped and dried her eyes, and she walked in," Carmen said.

Military dress uniform comprised of a jacket with service ribbons and insignia (.1a-f), a skirt (.2), a blouse with insignia (.3a-d), a beret with insignia (.4ab), and a hat with insignia (.5abc). The ...

Soon the U.S. Army will have a new retro look as it transitions to its new "Army Greens" throwback uniforms, based on the "Pinks and Greens" of World War II. The blue Army Service Uniform will ...

The employment of women in the American military in World War I was seen as a desperate measure in a war to end all wars, one that would never need to be repeated.