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 ...

(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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to end separate fitness standards for women in combat roles, a move he said will make the military more lethal, but that women servicemembers ...

By Matt White Published Apr 18, 2025 3:47 PM EDT During the post-9/11 wars, the US military came as close to perfecting near-immediate trauma care on the battlefield as the chaos of combat would ...

Combat-related special compensation is a benefit for military retirees who receive VA compensation for disabilities related to combat or hazardous duty, according to the Defense Department.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense secretary's decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services.

The U.S. military has fiercely debated the issue of how to fairly grade women’s physical fitness in testing to determine their placement into physically demanding combat jobs and their ...

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The AFT will have scoring that is neutral for all genders and is created for soldiers in 21 combat-focused military roles, the Army said. Aubrey Rodriguez, 35, a tattoo artist from West Palm Beach ...