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By Maj. J. Scott Detweiler The 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), is now authorized to recruit women directly into the unit. This marks the first time in the National Guard’s 384-year history that a combat arms battalion-sized unit can enlist women. “I am incredibly proud of the Soldiers and senior leaders of our squadron,” said Maj. Gen Greg Knight, adjutant general, Vermont National Guard. “This represents a significant milestone in making the V...

Why the Navy Ignored Evidence That the Battleship Age was Ending In 1921, a controversial military exercise demonstrated to the world the power of aerial warfare in the naval domain. Heres What You Need To Remember: While this did not wean the Navy off expensive battleships in the short term, it did expose their vulnerability from the air, and the Navy did seemingly hedge its bets later on by producing the Lexington-class aircraft carriers. The exercises also undoubtedly increased the Army Air...

Kuwait, and even though combat is officially over, these men and women will be the last to leave iraq. dominic di-natale is streaming live with more from baghdad. >> reporter: jon, first brigade, first cav division have actually felt very much the extent of iraqs reach into -- irans reach into iraq. here we are, contingency operating site echo, and theres been incoming for quite some time. we did actually have an incoming warning this evening, so it feels very, very close. its one of the reasons...