Demi /de-mi/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced DEH-mee, deh-MEE. It is of French and English origin, and the meaning of Demi is half. Also short form of Demetria. Actress Demi Moore. Kreatif forms: Decmi, Diami, Dimi.
The formation of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901 and the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908 created the first truly military women. The first women who enlisted in the United States military joined the Navy and Marine Corps in World War I. Over 12,000 of them served stateside and over 200 âHello Girls,â bilingual women telephone operators recruited by AT&T, served overseas with the US Army Signal Corps.
-- In addition, 18% of the 722,000 enlisted reservists and National Guard troops and 19% of their 113,000 officers are women. -- In the Coast Guard, now a division of the Department of Homeland Security, women made up 10.5% of the total force of 44,000 active-duty and reserve personnel.