The Department of Defense is expected to recommend to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more combat roles. The Pentagon is set to make the recommendation on February 9. While a prohibition preventing women from serving in infantry, armor, and special operations – including the Navy SEALs or the Army Delta Force – [...]

Based on a recent statement given by Admiral Eric T. Olson, the top commander of U.S. Special Forces, “G.I. Jane” may just cease to be nothing more than a figment of Hollywood’s imagination. A feature on the Daily Mail shared that the commander has expressed a desire to not just see females become Navy SEALs, [...]

Over the past decade, women have been provided with opportunities that have been previously denied them, such as being allowed to serve in submarines. There is, however, a holy grail of sorts that remains unattainable, at least for now: acceptance into the elite Navy SEALs. A feature in The Washington Post acknowledges that the doors [...]

We have seen it happen before – albeit only on the silver screen. Many will remember witnessing actress Demi Moore take a clipper to her head, shaving off her glorious, dark mane, which was documented in a scene for the movie G.I. Jane. In the film, Ms. Moore played the first woman to undergo SEAL [...]

Women have long been an active part in the United States Armed Forces, performing a variety of tasks and fulfilling a variety of roles, from helicopter pilots to engineers. A number of them have seen active duty, and some have even made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. This does not mean, though, [...]

A couple of weeks ago, we did a feature on how Naval Special Warfare seeks to promote diversity, and we received a comment that implied how the military supported racial diversity but was not flexible when it comes to gender (for the SEALs) and sexual orientation (for the rest of the service). Gender issues have [...]