“Being able to see women graduate Ranger school or to infantry basic and be successful is amazing, and I’m just in awe of what I watch women achieve today in the Army,” said U.S. military to achieve the rank of four-star Dunwoody, former commanding general of the Army Materiel Command, salutes during the playing of the national anthem at her retirement ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Aug. Five other women have since earned that rank. “Women are no longer excluded from any type of combat mission.”Īrmy General Ann Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in 2008. “Today’s military is much more integrated along gender lines than at any time in the past,” she said. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command during the North Korean crises of 2017. Robinson was the first woman to lead a combat command and the first female instructor at the U.S. “We all start out on the same playing field with the same oath.” “The military is a true meritocracy,” wrote Lori Robinson, a retired Air Force general, in a report for the Brookings Institution. She will join the Green Berets, an elite Army unit with specialized training responsible for sensitive overseas missions. She is also the first female graduate of the modern Special Forces Qualification Course. In July, a National Guard soldier became the first woman to complete a Special Operations training course and join an operational team since that became possible with the 2015 lifting of the combat ban. military, with another milestone in 2020. Women play increasingly important roles in all branches of the U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley

Bill Gortney and became the first woman to lead a combatant command. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) Change of Command Ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 13, 2016.

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