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

The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and ...

Pentagon orders review on ‘effectiveness’ of women in combat arms jobs

Pentagon officials ordered a review of the “effectiveness” of women serving in combat after a ratcheting up of rhetoric around “sex neutral" fitness standards.

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

Women in combat arms jobs say a new Pentagon review will only duplicate studies of the last decade that confirmed women meet ...
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Commission advises military to allow women in combat roles

WASHINGTON (AP) - A military advisory commission is recommending that the Pentagon do away with a policy that bans women from serving in combat units, breathing new life into a long-simmering debate.

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 ...
Rutland Herald

Army gender rules don't keep women out of combat

Thus it is not just infantrymen, trained to kill in close combat, who are dying in Iraq, although they are taking the heaviest losses. Soldiers whose roles are categorized as "support," where most of ...
Colorado Public Radio

A milestone for women in combat in the US Military, but does the future hold?

Ten years ago, women had to be fully integrated into all combat roles. In truth, their battlefield contributions date back ...