From the moment women entered the combat arms, the Pentagon focused on maintaining standards over anything else — and, in ...

Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, mandated that physical fitness requirements for combat jobs be “sex-neutral,” a move ...

Funding for To the Contrary, provided by: This week, on To the Contrary: First gender neutral standards for military combat ... into the Marines, into the air Force, into the Navy and all.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a review of combat fitness standards to ensure gender neutrality on Sunday, even ...

“She is likely one of the first Black women from Western New York to serve in combat, and receive the Combat Action Ribbon while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.” “People keep ...

Women already must pass gender-neutral physical fitness requirements for combat posts, but Hegseth contends the standards for ...

The memorandum on combat arms establishes sex-neutral ... “He cites a 2015 Marine Corps study on women fighting alongside men. When there is a single standard of capability and women can meet ...

News 4 celebrates Women’s History Month by introducing standout women who make a difference in Western New York. After ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a ...

For example, the Marines have a strength test for all ... segregating the genders in the armed forces, opening all combat jobs to women in 2015. As women pushed to break new ground and advance ...

Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before ... has diminished since 2016, when combat roles were first opened to women. Roughly 4,800 women serve in Army infantry ...