Hegseth announces troops in combat jobs have to meet highest male physical standards

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced several changes to military fitness and culture to hundreds of generals and admirals ...
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Hegseth orders review of combat-arms jobs, ‘sex-neutral’ physical standards

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretaries of the military services to come up with a plan that distinguishes between combat-arms jobs and noncombat-arms jobs and develops ...
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Army makes combat arms fitness test sex-neutral, drops ball throw

Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, take an Army Combat Fitness Test at Strickler Field at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. (1st Lt. Kate ...
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Hegseth directs service chiefs to conduct ‘sex-neutral’ review of combat arms standards

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that the standards for combat arms jobs must be “based solely on the operational demands of the occupation and the readiness needed to confront any adversary ...
Military Times

Hegseth orders review of physical standards for military combat roles

Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before training in hand-to-hand combat at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., in 2023. (Stephen B. Morton/AP) ...
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Hegseth announces troops in combat jobs have to meet highest male physical standards

The change is not meant to prevent women from serving in combat jobs, but that could be the result, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that the ...