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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to develop 'sex-neutral' physical fitness standards for combat roles.
“All entry-level and sustained physical fitness requirements within combat arms positions must be sex-neutral, based solely ...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth favors one fitness standard for both men and women in combat arms branches of the ...
Here's a look at how many women are in such roles in ... more than 150 — Total serving in Army Special Operations Command as special forces, civil affairs, psychological operations and ...
Hegseth’s memo mentions higher fitness requirements for special operations forces — which already exist. And it says Navy divers and explosive ordnance disposal technicians also should be required to ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in January to review "in a gender-neutral way" readiness standards for troops.
such as the infantry officer corps and special forces, questions arose over whether women should be held to a different fitness standard to ensure the roles were accessible to them. The most elite ...
The event, Saluting Women Who Serve, will feature U.S. Army veteran Jennifer Ballou as ... Saluting Women Who Serve, a special program to honor these servicemembers and share their experiences ...