DefenceTalkThe loud booms from the fields of Fort Sill will sound the same, but for the first time women may be responsible for launching the artillery. The first class of female Soldiers joined A Battery, 1st Battalion, 78th Field Artillery, to learn the 13M, Multiple Launch Rocket System Crewmember military occupational specialty — an MOS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/field-artillery-training-integrates-women-into-combat-specialties-47683/

DefenceTalkOperation Desert Storm saw the first female aviator in battle when Maj. Marie T. Rossi took the driver’s seat flying fuel and ammunition to the Soldiers crossing into enemy territory. Rossi lost her life when her CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down on March 1, 1991. Her headstone reads, “The first female commander to fly into […]https://www.defencetalk.com/women-make-their-mark-in-combat-aviation-46990/

DefenceTalkThe commander of US special operations said Tuesday he expects to see women in the elite commando forces now that the Pentagon is allowing them to serve in combat. Admiral William McRaven, head of the US special operations command, said he was “fully supportive” of the decision to lift the ban on women in combat. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/commander-sees-women-in-elite-us-special-forces-46607/