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Women combat veterans want Pete Hegseth to know that they already passed the test

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

Defense secretary’s war on women is a war on military readiness

In a memo issued last month, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata ...
The NationOpinion

The Pentagon’s “Bad-Faith, BS” Review of Women in Combat Roles

Pete Hegseth came to office with benighted views of women in combat. Within a year, he ordered a study on whether having ...
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Forum Dvorah demands clear support for women in combat as IDF gender debate escalates

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women will soon be able to serve in the Israeli Air Force On Sunday, dozens of Golani Brigade soldiers and officers walked out of ...
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Women in ground combat jobs say they prove their ‘effectiveness’ every day

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women who have served in combat arms jobs say a new Pentagon review of their "effectiveness" is the latest example of doubts ...
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Pentagon to review role of women in combat and women combat veterans are not happy

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

Hegseth wants 'male standard' for combat roles. Many female veterans say that's already the case

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 ...
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Pentagon orders review of women in ground combat roles

(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 ...
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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, ...
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Ukrainian women embrace combat roles as technology reshapes the battlefield

KHARKIV, Ukraine(AP) — 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 ...
Religion Dispatches

Women in Combat and the Priesthood: A Response to Mary Hunt

On January 24, feminist theologian and activist Mary E. Hunt wrote here at RD about the relationships between the possible ordination of women in the Catholic Church and the recent Defense Department ...
Christian Science Monitor

Women in combat: Why that's so yesterday

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...