The U.S. military’s top-ranking women shared a stage recently and recounted discrimination, but also the positive impact – and growing welcome – of female troops.
For Women’s History Month, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, who leads the U.S. Transportation Command based at Scott Air Force Base, discussed her experience as a woman in the military at an event Monday.
All four of the U.S. military’s four-star female officers gathered in public for the first time to talk about the sexism that they have experienced in the service and how far women still must go before they’re fully integrated members of the armed forces.
combat. norah: general van ovost, for a long time, you were one of the only periods general jacqueline van ovost leads command. as a teenager, she had a pilots license before her driver s license but when she signed up for the air force, she was not s because she is a woman. really, there is no reason we should be here. along here, i talk to fellow wingmen, they are helping me, so that i would be sharp, so when o agai w demonstrate that i have every right to be there. norah: admiral lisa franchetti s number two of us are at the navy and once commanded a carrier strike group. on her first deployment, or commanding officer told her she wasn t welcome there. a situation each of these women have faced. he made it very clear to me that he didn t think women should be on our ship, and he was going to make sure that i did not succeed. norah: but how did you deal
In this week's Security Briefing newsletter, our Pentagon Correspondent Jared Szuba recaps the latest on US-GCC meetings in Riyadh on security ties and Iran policy.