Pete Hegseth came to office with benighted views of women in combat. Within a year, he ordered a study on whether having ...
Hegseth has expressed skepticism about women's inclusion in some combat units.
The U.S. Military marks a milestone this month: January 1, 2016 – ten years ago – was the official deadline for the U.S. Military to fully integrate women into all combat roles. In fact, though, women ...
As it turns out, women are highly effective in combat. Khris Fuhr, a West Point graduate who worked on gender integration at ...
Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Julius Hackney. Women who have served in combat arms for the last decade say a new Pentagon-ordered review of their “effectiveness” is the latest frustrating chapter ...
From late 2024 onward, a claim circulated online that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in ...
Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth raised eyebrows this week when he said in a speech to military generals that fitness standards for combat must “return to the highest male standard.” “Those ...
SAN DIEGO - Marine 1st Lt. Brandy Soublet is about as far from the war front as possible at her desk in the California desert, but she's on the front lines of an experiment that could one day put ...
The bigger picture, as raised by the second question and ignored during the Hegseth hearings, concerns the realities of military recruitment. No one in his—or her—right mind is going to voluntarily ...
The Pentagon is mounting a six-month review of women in ground combat jobs, to ensure what it calls the military "effectiveness" of having several thousand female soldiers and Marines in infantry, ...
SAN DIEGO - About 17 percent of male Marine respondents who planned to stay in the service or were undecided said they would likely leave if women move into combat positions, a Marine Corps survey has ...
Earlier this year, the Pentagon lifted the ban on women serving in U.S. combat units – including elite special-operations units like the Navy’s SEALs – if they can clear the physical and mental ...