Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of combat physical standards. Women who've served in combat jobs say ten ...

and ignore over 20 years of evidence proving women's effectiveness in combat roles," said Erin Kirk, a Marine Corps combat veteran. She said women have served honorably and effectively as pilots ...

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

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.

“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 ...

For example, the Marines have a strength test for ... But he argued that women should not be allowed in combat units if they could not meet the same fitness standards as men.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...