Some women say they suspect the review has been launched merely to buttress a predetermined conclusion: that they do not belong in the infantry.

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

The move isn’t surprising considering that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, when he was a Fox News host, said, “We should not have women in combat roles.” ...

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.

In his public bid to become the next defense secretary, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told a Senate panel on Tuesday that he supports women serving in combat roles so long as they meet the ...

The U.S. Military marks a milestone this month: January 1, 2016 – ten years ago – was the official deadline for the U.S. Military to fully integrate women into all combat roles. In fact, though, women ...

As it turns out, women are highly effective in combat. Khris Fuhr, a West Point graduate who worked on gender integration at ...

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 ...

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth raised eyebrows this week when he said in a speech to military generals that fitness standards for combat must “return to the highest male standard.” “Those ...

The bigger picture, as raised by the second question and ignored during the Hegseth hearings, concerns the realities of military recruitment. No one in his—or her—right mind is going to voluntarily ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO - About 17 percent of male Marine respondents who planned to stay in the service or were undecided said they would likely leave if women move into combat positions, a Marine Corps survey has ...