Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a sweeping review of military fitness standards for combat roles -- but before the Pentagon can tighten requirements, he wants clarity on which ...

Hegseth’s memo directs the military services to develop new standards distinguishing combat positions like infantry or armor from noncombat positions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a 60-day review of military combat arms standards to ensure that exceptions are not being made for female troops to assume the physically demanding ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a 60-day review of physical standards for military combat roles to ensure female troops are not being given exceptions for the physically challenging ...

From the moment women entered the combat arms, the Pentagon focused on maintaining standards over anything else — and, in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military services to conduct a 'sex-neutral' review of requirements for combat arms jobs.

(Stephen B. Morton/AP) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a 60-day review of military combat arms standards to ensure that exceptions are not being made for female troops to assume ...

Morton/AP) The review follows past concerns from Hegseth that military readiness ... with different standards for men and women in combat arms. That’s not acceptable,” he said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, formalizing a process that largely exists for many of ...