By Chris Lombardi

Women from very different worlds, including a Hollywood star; senators; congresswomen; and veterans from all branches of the military, converged in Washington, D.C., last month to address an age-old crime.

This week’s Wednesday 5 went to the source about women in combat, cried at a sweet love story from an old friend, found an authoritative guide to great local bars, took some lessons from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and got excited about this year’s Athena Film Festival.

The media-created smackdown between the “wily temptress” and the “boring, betrayed wife” in the Petraeus scandal; is television annihilating women over 40?; men speak out on roles for women over 40 in Hollywood; the multiple jeopardy of being an African woman; and the Thanksgiving table as a work of art.

This week, bloggers payed homage to the little black jacket, specifically the Chanel version, synthesized the recent news on hormone replacement therapy, offered tips on short-term bond investments, gave a shout-out to Judge Marilyn Milian, and anticipated the release of a documentary on rape in the U.S. military.

By Mare Contrare

In Afghanistan, as I observed these fit, smart women dressed in men’s camouflage, carrying a weapon, serving in a kinetic combat zone, I wondered what changes have occurred since the first female served our country.

As mothers and grandmothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, and neighbors, are we not the ones who need to stand for our country’s most courageous sons and daughters and their families?

Many this year are celebrating Women Veterans Day. So are we at WVFC. Here’s a bouquet of videos, telling stories of women who served their country and made history at the same time.

By Chris Lombardi

This afternoon, a federal court ruled that now that a discriminatory policy has been repealed, any further personnel actions based on that policy are unlawful.

Marie-Louise Love, 89, of Gulfport, Miss., shares her recollections of serving in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.

While most of us won’t be at a military grave today, we can honor women who have never let themselves forget how that feels.

Nineteenth-century emotions about fallen soldiers still apply in the 21st century.

By Mare Contrare

People thought I was crazy when I announced that I’d like to go to Afghanistan and write a book about it. They thought I was even crazier when I actually went.

By Chris Lombardi

The Air Force was just ordered by a federal judge to reinstate Major Margaret Witt. Could “the Witt standard” topple the military gay ban?

By Luis Carlos Montalvan

Nearly fifty years ago, Sgt. Myrtle Vacirca-Quinn was an intelligence officer, often working behind enemy lines. Watch her, this week, as she finally receives a “Freedom Salute – Certificate of Appreciation” from the Army she served long ago.

Military Rape Awareness Week only comes to life with the story of those who’ve survived it over the years. One such story is that of former Pvt. Colleen Mussolino, founder of the pioneering Women Veterans of America, retold below by veterans advocate Susan Avila-Smith, who continues Mussolino’s work with her Women Organizing Women. (There’s a [...]