Addressing a rare gathering of top military leaders in Virginia, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Before becoming secretary, Hegseth had spoken out against women in combat roles, but softened his stance during his ...

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 defence secretary said he wanted a return to the "male standard" for combat roles. Women say the standards were never ...

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 ...

Before hundreds of top brass, Hegseth pledged to create more fitness and grooming rules and encouraged commanders to quit if ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ash Carter, who as defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the ...

From the moment women entered the combat arms, the Pentagon focused on maintaining standards over anything else — and, in some cases, even created or increased standards in preparation for women.

WASHINGTON — Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in ...

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