Women who've passed the Army's grueling Sapper Leader course say they're well-prepared to enter combat, and in some cases, better prepared than men. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey announce that the military is lifting the ban on women serving in combat positions. Watch their statements. (NBC News)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's decision to lift the 20-year ban on women serving in combat will open some 237,000 combat-related positions to women. Initially, women will be assigned to combat communications, logistics and drivers. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
Zoe Bedell, a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, and Ariela Migdal, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU's Women's Rights Project explain why Bedell and three other women are suing the Pentagon for barring them from direct combat. (Mitchell Reports)
Just 54 women in the last 12 years have made it through Sapper training – the only combat training course open to women. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
Jean Chatzky, Sharon Epperson and David Bach, TODAY's Money 911 panel, answer viewers' questions about dealing with a low home appraisal and how to stop the process on a short sale. (TODAY)
Parenting expert Amy McCready offers two parents advice for overcoming their differences on disciplining kids. (TODAY)
The 'Tigertails' took off from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
At 36 and on his first combat tour in Afghanistan, D.P. is years older than many of his commanders. NBC's Jim Maceda reports from Kandahar. (Nightly News)
The remaining U.S. combat troops in Iraq are packing up and getting ready to leave the country in just a few weeks. NBC's Ann Curry reports. (TODAY)