On Dec. 3, 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the ...

WASHINGTON — Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in ...

Women weren’t allowed to officially serve in direct ground combat jobs when Emelie Vanasse started her ROTC program at George Washington University. Instead, she studied biology — but it still ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ash Carter, who as defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the ...

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NEW YORK — Armed with a 10-point plan and pacing a stage in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth enumerated for hundreds of assembled military leaders just how much of the ...

On March 31, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth mandated that the Pentagon review its combat arms standards to ensure that the military is making no exceptions for female servicemembers. This mandate ...

Ash Carter has fired his top military aide for alleged misconduct. — -- Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced today that he has removed one of his top military advisers due to allegations of ...