Pentagon reviewing effectiveness of women in combat roles more than a decade after integration

Women were formally integrated into ground combat units in 2015, but now, more than a decade later, the Pentagon has recently ...
The NationOpinion

The Pentagon’s “Bad-Faith, BS” Review of Women in Combat Roles

Pete Hegseth came to office with benighted views of women in combat. Within a year, he ordered a study on whether having ...
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Pentagon reviewing effectiveness of women in combat roles

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs chose one of the Army's most demanding paths where officers command tanks, a field known for relentless ...
Task & Purpose

Women in ground combat jobs say they prove their ‘effectiveness’ every day

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 ...
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Are combat fitness requirements really lower for women?

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 ...
Wane

Pentagon orders review of women in ground combat roles

(The Hill) — The Pentagon on Tuesday confirmed it directed a review of women’s “effectiveness” in ground combat roles after nearly a decade of them serving in such jobs. The move follows Defense ...
NPR

Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions

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, ...
Military Times

DOD launches review of ‘effectiveness’ of women in ground combat roles

A U.S. Marine Corps combat marksmanship coach fires a rifle during an exercise in Al-Quwayrah, Jordan, Oct. 29, 2024. (Sgt. Angela Wilcox/U.S. Marine Corps) The Pentagon has launched a formal review ...
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Pentagon orders review of ‘effectiveness’ of women in ground combat roles

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is conducting a six-month review of women serving in combat positions. “Our standards for combat arms positions will be elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of ...