Task & Purpose

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

Pentagon leaders are directing a review of the “effectiveness” of women in combat arms jobs — a move that comes nearly a decade after women got the right to serve in these roles. Pentagon Press ...
Task & Purpose

Here is the Navy’s new fitness test for SEALs and other combat jobs

Navy SEAL trainees and other sailors hoping to join one of a handful of hard-charging Navy jobs have to pass many brutal fitness tests. But beginning this year, fully qualified SEALs and others in ...
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Defense Secretary Hegseth orders review of women's roles in combat arms

Defense Secretary Hegseth orders review of women's roles in combat arms Hundreds arrested for DUI in Tennessee despite negative blood alcohol tests Libya’s top general killed — here’s what we know ...
The Hill

Pentagon orders review of women in ground combat roles

The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday 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 Secretary Pete ...
WRBL

Secretary Hegseth’s study of women in military combat roles draws concern from one advocate

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Secretary of Defense on Tuesday initiated a six-month review of the “operational effectiveness” of women in ground combat positions. Women have been in those combat arms ...
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 ...
Yahoo

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Marine Corps combat marksmanship coach fires a rifle during an exercise in Al-Quwayrah, Jordan, Oct. 29, 2024. (Sgt. Angela ...
The Straits Times

US Pentagon reviewing combat roles for women

Pentagon is reviewing the effectiveness of women in ground combat roles, opened a decade ago, via the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, a past critic of women in ...
The Daily Beast

Pentagon Pete Launches Review of ‘Effectiveness’ of Women in Combat

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is reviewing the effectiveness of having thousands of women serve in ground combat roles. The Institute for Defense Analyses, a nonprofit that conducts independent research for ...
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, ...
The Independent

Pentagon plans to review the ‘effectiveness’ of women in combat roles as Hegseth’s DEI crackdown continues

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...