She joined the Army Reserve in 2012 after a five-year break. In 2014, Jaster received an email looking for women interested in Ranger School, a nine-week training course considered one of the ...

The Combat Medical Badge (CMB) is one of the least known but most revered of Army awards. Established in 1945 by the War Department, it was a companion to the Combat Infantryman Badge that recognized ...

Women have been shown to offer unique perspectives and approaches to conservation. However, despite the growing support for women’s ranger programs, there is still a lack of understanding about the ...

In December 2015, the Obama administration decided to allow women to serve in all combat roles. "There will be no exceptions," Ashton Carter, then the secretary of defense, announced. Women would be ...