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This is a list of female United States military generals and flag officers, that are either currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, or are retired.They are listed under their respective service branches, which make up the Department of Defense, with the exception of the Coast Guard, which is part of Homeland Security.
Ann Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in the United States Army in 2008; this also made her the first female four-star general in the United States military. [1] [2] There have been women in the United States Army since the Revolutionary War, and women continue to serve in it today. As of 2020, there were 74,592 total women on ...
In March 2016, Ash Carter approved final plans from military service branches and the U.S. Special Operations Command to open all combat jobs to women, and authorized the military to begin integrating female combat soldiers "right away." [50] In 2020, Emily Thompson became the first woman to fly the F-35A Lightning II in combat. [51]
Women worked as nurses for the Union Navy during the American Civil War.In 1890, Ann Bradford Stokes, who during the American Civil War had worked as a nurse on the navy hospital ship USS Red Rover, where she assisted Sisters of the Holy Cross, was granted a pension of $12 a month, making her the first American woman to receive a pension for her own service in the military.
Today women can serve in every position in the French military, including submarines [71] and combat infantry. [72] Women make up around 15% of all service personnel in the combined branches of the French military. They are 11% of the Army forces, 16% of the Navy, 28% of the Air Force and 58% of the Medical Corps. [73]
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Biography portal; This category includes female members of the U.S. military services, and women involved with the U.S. military (e.g. the Forgotten Widows).. For colonial or native Americans involved in wars in the North American continent itself during the 17th-19th centuries, before, during and after the establishment of the United States, see Category:Women in warfare in North America.
The U.S. Labor Department began a website focused on women military veterans. [124] Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness took the reins of the "Oldest Post of the [U.S. Marine] Corps" as the new sergeant major of Marine Barracks Washington. She is the first woman in history to hold this billet at the Barracks. [125]