The defense secretary ordered a review of women in combat roles, claiming standards were compromised — but the requirements ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pentagon will review women in ground combat jobs, according to reports. The 19th's Mariel Padilla discusses her new ...

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

KHARKIV, Ukraine — When Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology reshaped ...

When I heard Leon Panetta’s announcement about lifting the combat restrictions on women in the military, I immediately thought of former Army National Guard Sergeant Paigh Bumgarner. Bumgarner had ...

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, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address Tuesday to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his confirmation early this year and helped elevate his voice as a Fox ...

(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 ...