Women weren’t allowed to officially serve in direct ground combat jobs when Emelie Vanasse started her ROTC program at George Washington University. Instead, she studied biology — but it still ...

Last week, the U.S. Army announced new fitness standards in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders to make the standards for women and men in combat roles the same. Like much of ...

Two female soldiers, K and Y – who serve in this capacity – are among the women making a significant impact on the front lines. In a world where combat roles in the military are still largely ...

The U.S. military will use the same standards for testing both men and women for combat roles following a Sunday order from Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will issue a memo setting equal standards for men and women in combat roles across the armed services, he announced on X Monday. The memo aims to implement the same ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces a new policy mandating equal combat standards for men and women across the armed services.

J ERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to ...

The existing Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), which will be replaced by the new AFT test, has a couple different exercise move requirements, and different scoring standards, for men and women.

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 physical ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of combat physical standards. Women who've served in combat jobs say ten years of experience has proven they're up to the task.

Last month, outgoing defense secretary Leon Panetta declared men and women would have the same chance to fight in combat for the first time in our nation’s history. But from the day they meet a ...