Veteran's Day: Women in the armed forces

We all know Veteran's Day is the day to remember all the people that served in the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines. This year, more women got the recognition they deserve for doing their part in the forces. With the ban of women in combat, it was just lifted last January but little do people know, women have been serving in combat way before the ban was lifted. It is about time these women are finally getting recognized for doing their job!



Captain Armour, the U.S.'s first black woman to serve as a combat pilot is one of the thousands of women we give respect to for serving. She and other woman were technically banned from serving in combat which was leaving them to not have the same access to honor and benefits as the male counterparts. These women do very dangerous work and finally are receiving the credit, but weren't getting recognized because it was illegal at the time. It is nice to know that these strong, brave, women finally got their first real Veteran's Day!