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The first women became involved with the Australian armed forces with the creation of the Army Nursing Service in 1899. On the 30th of June 2017, women were found to make up 16.5% of the Australian Defence Force (with 20.6% in the Royal Australian Air Force, 20.4% in the Royal Australian Navy and 13.2% in the Australian Army). [19]
In 2017, eighteen women graduated from the United States Army's first gender-integrated infantry basic training for enlisted soldiers. [ 76 ] In 2019, Laura Yeager became the first woman to lead a US Army infantry division (specifically, the National Guard's 40th Infantry Division ).
As of 2017, 78 percent of the positions in the Army were open to women. ... Women Military Pilots of World War II: A History with Biographies of American, British ...
Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 805 on June 9, 2017, designating June 12 as Women Veterans Day in Texas. ... Roles for military women in the 1940s were regulated to driver, cook, clerk ...
13 Israeli women graduated the Israeli army's combat tank operators 5 December 2017, becoming the first females to do so. [ 294 ] Jette Albinus became the first woman in the Royal Danish Army to hold the rank of general.
The United States has more women in its military than any other nation. [67] The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 was a pivotal point for women in the Military. As the Army's mission changed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the roles of women also changed in the ranks.
She had joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1945, but continued to serve as an accountant and statistician. [232] Thirteen years later, she transferred to Kelly Air Force Base and retired. [232] California governor Jerry Brown proclaimed the third week of March as "Women's Military History Week". [233]
In September 2017, Zoppi was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Her promotion came with the appointment as deputy commanding general for the 200th Military Police Command. [3] [1] [7] She is the first Puerto Rican woman promoted to the rank of general in the U.S. Army Reserve.