Women in Uniform Quotes

I have no problem with women in the military, if that's what they want to do.

I had medevacked so many women off the battlefield that I knew that it was a misnomer to say that women weren't in combat. I had friends that were Marines that were taken to fight the enemy. They weren't just firing in defense of their position.

The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably.

In 1953, the idea of a single female police recruit to the New York City Police Department, let alone a handful, was big news.

Obviously, I come out of the military - I know the amazing work of the men and women in uniform and the work that they can do.

I’d be hard pressed to say that any woman who serves in Afghanistan today or who’s served in Iraq over the last few years did so without facing the same risks as their male counterparts.

Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.

Women have always been in combat. We had women who won the Silver Star in World War II.

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Policewomen

I have such sister compassion for women in uniform in life, principally, because now I know how incredibly uncomfortable those uniforms are on top of all the other things they're dealing with that are far more important.

These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.