The Coast Guard is officially allowing women to wear ponytails or braids in uniform — making the Marine Corps the only service who hasn’t yet gotten with the program.

The Coast Guard has revised its standards for women’s hair. Women in the service can now wear their hair in one or two braids or a single ponytail. “First and foremost, my hope is that women around ...

As a graduate of the last all-male Coast Guard Academy class and the son of a service mom who opposed women in the military, I might seem to be a ripe pick to be a social dinosaur, eager to resist ...

The freshman class at the Coast Guard Academy this year is one-third women — a higher percentage than at any of the other military academies. The Coast Guard is the only military service where ...

Goscinski argued that many of the new uniforms, which are cut to fit women but mimic the style of the men's uniforms, have been wear tested on 18- to 21-year-olds, ... Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

Women were in the Coast Guard Auxiliary Reserve during World War II when men fought overseas. ... WE HAVE A UNIFORM FROM A SPARS TRAINEE THAT TRAINED OVER AT THE BILTMORE HOTEL IN 1940S.

WOMEN ON SUBS, GREAT IDEA. I'm ... It is also interesting that the Coast Guard does not provide the names of those ... One would think the services would be more uniform as to what results they do ...

Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces.