Women in combat broke the "iron" ceiling more than a decade ago when female soldiers volunteered to throw themselves into some of the toughest operations carried out during the War on Terror, ...

In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces. Four ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Back in 2019, Ace Combat came back in a big way, as Ace Combat 7 ...

Aranjot Kaur has always been a fighter. An accomplished mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete in India with a 3-0 record and national championship, Kaur began training at 14. She attributes much of her ...

The profile of U.S. volunteers in the Ukrainian military has changed, shifting more toward people without military experience and those who saw few prospects for themselves at home. The profile of U.S ...

When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. Smithers was a “female searcher” with the National Guard and was attached to an infantry ...

This story originally published on Nov. 16, 2025. The first I saw of Dave Carlson was his back, in a prison jumpsuit on Sept. 3, 2015. Carlson had been calling me from the cellblock payphone for a few ...

Female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, train on a firing range at Fort Campbell. Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth has made it clear that he believes men and women ...

Combat Trials are one of the many features that you will unlock when you finish Ninja Gaiden 4's campaign. These trails offer a series of combats with dozens of enemies and special conditions, like ...

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for the piston-engine battles of World War II suddenly faced jet fighters that ...

The military announced gender-neutral standards for combat roles in 2016. In his public bid to become the next defense secretary, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told a Senate panel on ...