Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's sweep of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts within the U.S.

ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 8, 2011) -- Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, the first nurse and first woman appointed, became the Army's 43rd surgeon general Dec. 7 in a ceremony at Joint Base ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Linda Knightstep was only 9 years old when she made a decision that would determine the path her life would take. “It was very clear to me that caring for others was what I wanted to ...

Between 1967 and 1968, Nancy Wells spent her waking hours stitching injured Americans back together amid the haze of the Vietnam War, treating wounds she'd never imagined seeing. When not on the ...

Riley Moser is a digital producer who covers breaking news and feature stories for CBS Minnesota. Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 and earned an honorable mention for sports ...

Diane Carlson Evans, Vietnam War nurse and trailblazing advocate, received two awards Thursday at the Montana Military Museum celebrating her decades of service and fight for women veterans' ...

In the early 1940s, student nurses marched to New York City’s City Hall for their induction ceremony, pledging their service ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-“My closest friends are service member women, and they are amazing role models. We all feel fulfilled and like we are contributing to something bigger,” said Dr Krystal Morris, a ...

"More than 10,000 women of the Army Nurse Corps were deployed overseas during World War One. We have reconstructed their experiences from the intimate writings of two brave nurses, Elizabeth Lewis and ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in ...

In 1940, under growing social and political pressure, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the enlistment of Black aviators in the Army Air Corps. From 1941 until 1946, about 1,000 men were ...