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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
Women have been serving in the military since the inception of organized warfare, in both combat and non-combat roles. Their inclusion in combat missions has increased in recent decades, often serving as pilots, mechanics, and infantry officers . Since 1914, [ 1] women have been conscripted in greater numbers, filling a greater variety of roles ...
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.
Army Women's Iraqi Freedom Veterans (AWIFV), America's first all-female, all-Native American color guard, was founded in 2010 by Mitchelene BigMan. This organization would be reorganized under Native American Women Warriors (NAWW) in 2013. Candice Griffith became the first woman officer from Montana to lead soldiers into Afghanistan.
January 28, 1965 (age 59) Mineola, New York, U.S. Education. St. John's University, New York ( BA) London School of Economics ( MPP) Christopher Ruddy (born January 28, 1965) is an American journalist who is the CEO and majority owner [ 1] of Newsmax Media .
1965-1975: Vietnam War: Around 7,000 American military women serve in Southeast Asia. [34] Nurses serve aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary. Nine non-nurse U.S. Navy women serve in country; however no enlisted Navy women are authorized. LT Elizabeth G. Wylie became the first woman to serve in Vietnam on the staff of Commander, Naval Forces ...
Lynsi Lavelle Snyder-Ellingson[ 1][ 2] (previously Seawell, Martinez, and Torres; born May 5, 1982) is an American billionaire businesswoman, the owner and heiress of the In-N-Out Burger company. She is the only child of Lynda and H. Guy Snyder [ 3] and the only grandchild of Harry and Esther Snyder, who founded In-N-Out in 1948.
18 July: A Taliban leader calls for the deaths of Afghan women training to join the Afghan military. [90] [91] [92] Divya Ajith Kumar becomes the first woman in the history of the Indian Army to receive the Sword of Honour, which is the highest award given to a cadet of the Officers Training Academy. [93]