This article lists events involving women in warfare and the military in the United States from 2000 until 2010. For 2011 onward, please see Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States from 2011–present.
2000
Spring: The first woman commands a U.S. Navy warship at sea (Kathleen McGrath). The vessel is assigned to the Persian Gulf. 1 June: Deborah Walsh became the first woman in the U.S. Coast Guard promoted to chief warrant officer in Aviation Engineering (AVI). 1 July: Regina Mills became the U.S. Navy's first female Aviation Deck LDO. July: Lucille "Pam" Thompson became the first African-American woman to serve as a U.S. Coast Guard special agent. She served in this capacity until July 2004. The U.S. Air Force promoted the first female pilot to brigadier general. U.S. Navy women are among the victims when the USS Cole is attacked by a suicide bomber in Yemen. The Women at Sea (WAS) Distribution and Assignment Working Group was established in the U.S. Navy. The Army National Guard promoted the first woman to major general. First woman in the U.S. Coast Guard promoted to Flag Officer: RADM Vivien Crea. First woman in the U.S. Coast Guard promoted to Reserve RADM: Mary P. O'Donnell, USCGR. First African-American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard promoted to master chief petty officer: Angela McShan. Eleanor Mariano became the first Filipino-American woman to be promoted to rear admiral in the navy.
2001
Spring: Coral Wong Pietch became the first woman Army Judge Advocates General (JAG), and the first Asian-American woman to reach the rank of general in the United States Army. 11 September: During the 9/11 terror attacks, U.S combat pilots Lt. Col. Marc H. Sasseville and Lt. Heather "Lucky" Penney-García were ordered to bring down the hijacked airliner United Airlines Flight 93 by ramming their F-16s into it. The plane crashed in Pennsylvania before they could do so, however. Furthermore, in the attack at the Pentagon ten active duty, reserve, and retired servicewomen were among the casualties. Servicewomen were activated and deployed in support of the war on terrorism. The first female Blue Angel flight surgeon was Lt. Tamara Schnurr, who was a member of the 2001 team. An Air National Guard security force woman became the first woman to complete the U.S. counter-sniper course, the only U.S. military sniper program open to women at the time. Soledad Rodriguez became the first woman assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU) in the Navy. The US Army Women's Museum opened at Ft. Lee, Virginia. Susan Woo became the first female West Point cadet to win an East/West Center Scholarship. Kimberly Pienkowski became the first female West Point cadet to win a first team all-America in air rifle. COL Ann Horner became the first female garrison commander at West Point. CDR Sharon Donald-Baynes became the first African-American woman to command an operations ashore unit in the U.S. Coast Guard when she took command of Group Lower Mississippi River based in Memphis, Tennessee. ENS Andrea Parker became the first black woman to graduate with an engineering degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. CAPT Norma Hackney became the first woman in the U.S. Navy to have a major combatant command afloat, USS Saipan (LHA 2). CMDCM Evelyn Banks became the first female Command Master Chief of an Airwing in the U.S. Navy, CVW-14.