SAN DIEGO - Marine 1st Lt. Brandy Soublet is about as far from the war front as possible at her desk in the California desert, but she's on the front lines of an experiment that could one day put ...

Pete Hegseth came to office with benighted views of women in combat. Within a year, he ordered a study on whether having ...

Hegseth has expressed skepticism about women's inclusion in some combat units.

Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Julius Hackney. Women who have served in combat arms for the last decade say a new Pentagon-ordered review of their “effectiveness” is the latest frustrating chapter ...

WASHINGTON - A survey of nearly 54,000 members of the Marine Corps found that two out of three male Marines and one out of three female Marines were opposed to opening all combat jobs to women, ...

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 recent announcement by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos that he is exploring ways to better integrate female Marines into combat units came hot on the heels of a policy shift that will ...

Cpl. Raquel Mathieu is part of a unique experiment to help the U.S. Marines determine the role of women in combat. Photo: Jeremy M. Lange for The Wall Street Journal CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.—In combat, the ...

The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that... The Pentagon is mounting a six-month review of women ...

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