A Women's Airforce Service Pilots flight team walks from the "Pistol Packin' Mama." (WASP Museum)

Women's History Month

Every March, Military.com marks Women's History Month by recognizing the contributions made and the glass ceilings broken each day by women in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

Female members of the U.S. military have not always received the recognition they’ve earned. Yet from sea, to ground, to sky and beyond, women have worn the battle flag of the United States of America and have bravely served in her name. We honor them.

These are the faces of just some of the women of the military who have made a difference for themselves and their peers.

These are the faces of just some of the women of the military who have made a difference for themselves and their peers.

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Dr. Ruth Westheimer fled Germany alone at age 10. (Harald Bischoff)

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Peter Thorn was caretaker of the Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, until he joined the Union forces during the Civil War. After he left, his pregnant wife, Elizabeth, replaced him as caretaker.

'The Angel of Gettysburg' Buried Union Soldiers While 6 Months' Pregnant

Marine Corps Captain Elizabeth A. Okoreeh-Baah poses in front of an MV-22 Osprey, March 14, 2006. (U.S. Marine Corps/Jonathan A. Tabb)

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Navy Cmdr. Becky Calder flew F/A 18s for 15 years and is one of the few aviators to fly every version of the Hornet. (Photo: Courtesy of Becky Calder)

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Sara Faulkner, receives recognition from Rear Admiral Bill Baumgartner, Commander of the 7th Coast Guard District and Capt. John Turner, commanding officer of Air Station Clearwater during an awards ceremony at Air Station Clearwater. (U.S. Coast Guard/Tara Molle)

3 Badass Women in the Coast Guard

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Gamache, a machinery technician with the Maintenance Augmentation Team at Base Portsmouth, Virginia, poses for a portrait in the Naval Engineering Department on base, Feb. 27, 2018. Gamache, a rugby player for 10 years, recently served as co-captain on the first Coast Guard women’s rugby team during the Las Vegas Invitational tournament from March 1 to March 3, 2018. Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki/Coast Guard

Coast Guardsman Leads Service's First Women's Rugby Team at Tournament

Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Gamache is a machinery technician by day and studies calculus and engineering by night.

Marine 2nd Lt. Mariah Klenke is the Corps' first female AAV officer. Screengrab

Meet the Marines' First Female AAV Officer

On Tuesday, 2nd Lt. Mariah Klenke became the first female officer to graduate from the Marines' Assault Amphibian Officer...

A protestor carries a sign at the #MeToo rally outside Trump International Hotel on Dec. 9 in New York City. (Getty Images/Stephanie Keith)

Veterans' Group Calls on Troops to Own the 'Me Too' Movement

The military has addressed realities of sexual assault in its ranks for years, but is largely absent from the movement.

Marines participate in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 10, 2017. The first female Marine to complete the course graduated Sept. 25, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Master Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen)

It's Official: The Marines Have Their First Female Infantry Officer

A female Marine lieutenant quietly crossed one of the last remaining hurdles for women in the service Monday.

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The 'Molly Marine' monument in New Orleans in 2024.

'Molly Marine' Has Been a Familiar New Orleans Face Since 1943, but Whose Face Inspired Hers?

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Proposed Expansion of IVF Coverage for Troops Scuttled from Compromise Defense Bill

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