Military Women

 March is Women's History Month. More than 2310,000 Women serve on Active Duty in the U.S. Military. 

There are an estimated 2 Million Female US Veterans (and they have served in every American War since 1776 – officially and unofficially.)

No official records for American Women serving during the Revolution, but we know they did.

20,000 American Women served during the Civil War (1,000 disguised themselves as Men and Actively Fought). 

3,000 American Women served during World War 1 (there were 403 in 1917 and 3,000 by 1918.) This is the first time Women were openly allowed to serve.

350,000 American Women served during World War 2. 432 were killed in the Line of Service and 88 became POWs.

120,000 American Women served during the Korean War.

265,000 American Women served during the Vietnam War with 11,000 inside South Vietnam. It was the first time Women could become Generals (1967) and Lead Command Units that also had Men in them (1972.)

40,000 American Women were deployed during the Gulf War.

In 1994, American Women were allowed to serve in all non-combat areas of the Military.

Since 2013, American Women have been able to officially serve in Combat.

More than 300,000 American Women served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As of 2024 there are 231,741 Women on Active-Duty (or 17%) and 171,000 in the National Guard and the Reserves (of 24%.)