Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s call for a review of the effectiveness of women in combat roles prompted questions during a ...

The military’s top enlisted leaders, who are all men, said they do not see an “erosion” of standards with women serving in ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made headlines when he summoned hundreds of senior military leaders to a military base in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...