Starting in 1976, women could attend flight training. Two years later, 2nd Lt. Marilyn Koon, a former North Dakota Guard member, became the Air National Guard's first female pilot with the Arizona ...

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa.-Numbers are hard to come by, but few women remain in the Pennsylvania National Guard that were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Formed as the Women's Army ...

Army data shows that more than three years into the integration effort, as of July 2019, only 368 women had been trained and assigned to previously closed National Guard combat arms or combat ...

April 30 (UPI) --The Vermont Army National Guard on Thursday became the first in the nation to open all of its combat arms units to women. Since the Army opened combat roles to women in 2016, they ...

“Other women should be coming up,” the 58-year-old general said, pointing out that the S.C. Army National Guard is getting its first female brigade commander this summer.

As history would have it, “women weren’t allowed into the National Guard until President Eisenhower signed Public Law No. 845 in 1956, which authorized female reserve officers of the Army and ...

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Army National Guard's new chief of staff is accustomed to taking the lead. In her previous assignments, she was Wisconsin's first female brigade commander. She was ...

The event was a way to higlight the accomplishments and contributions of women leaders within the Wisconsin Army National Guard, foster open discussions about the unique experiences of female soldiers ...

“While not the best, I made it work,” she said. On June 3, 1981, she was on a break from her job when she walked by a U.S. Army National Guard recruiting display at the mall.

The Louisiana Army National Guard’s 115 or so helicopter pilots include six African Americans, three other minorities and five women, including Julien, Sgt. Dennis Ricou, a guard spokesman, said ...

by Shelley Orman Wed, March 30th 2022 at 1:04 PM Updated Wed, March 30th 2022 at 1:37 PM 8 VIEW ALL PHOTOS Recognizing Brig. Gen. Birckhead, Army Commander Md. National Guard TOPICS: ...

All combat units in the Vermont Army National Guard are now open to women — the first such policy in the U.S., it was announced Wednesday. “There is no doubt in my mind that the inclusion of ...