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This is a list of female United States military generals and flag officers, that are either currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, or are retired.They are listed under their respective service branches, which make up the Department of Defense, with the exception of the Coast Guard, which is part of Homeland Security.
As of 2020, there were 74,592 total women on active duty in the US Army, with 16,987 serving as officers and 57,605 enlisted. While the Army has the highest number of total active duty members, the ratio of women-men is lower than the US Air Force and the US Navy, with women making up 15.5% of total active duty Army in 2020.
The United States established the Army Nurse Corps as a permanent part of the Army in 1901; the Corps was all-female until 1955. During World War I, 21,498 U.S. Army nurses (American military nurses were all women then) served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas. Many of these women were positioned near to battlefields, and ...
Women's Royal Air Force (World War I) Women's Royal Army Corps. Women's Royal Australian Naval Service. Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. Women's Royal Indian Naval Service. Women's Royal Naval Service. Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force. Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
Women in the United States military. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Women in the United States military. This category includes female members of the U.S. military services, and women involved with the U.S. military (e.g. the Forgotten Widows ). For colonial or native Americans involved in wars in the North American continent itself ...
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the United States Armed Forces' space force and is the newest military branch. Originally established in 2019, it traces its history through Air Force Space Command and the Western Development Division to 1954. The United States Space Force is the principal space service, responsible for space warfare ...
Combat uniforms overview. Army/Air Force/Space Force – ACU. Known as the OCP uniform in the Air Force and Space Force. Marine Corps – MCCUU. (woodland and desert variants) Navy – NWU. Currently, two patterns are in use: AOR-1, which is primarily tan, and AOR-2 (shown above), which is primarily green. Coast Guard – ODU.
Maritime flags. Many maritime flags have been used in the United States.. All maritime vessels and naval warships belonging to the United States (with a few exceptions such as U.S. Coast Guard vessels) fly the ensign of the United States, which is identical to the national flag of the United States (though originally was a design similar to the Grand Union Flag).