If Hegseth is confirmed by the Senate, he could try to end the Pentagon’s nearly decade-old practice of making all combat jobs open to women. “I’m straight up just saying we should not have ...

Women have served in combat roles for the U.S. for more than 30 years, and some veterans and enlisted women worry Pete Hegseth might change that if he's confirmed as defense secretary.

Hegseth isn’t saying women shouldn’t be in the military or even combat. In the modern battlefield, cooks and IT specialists also may need to start shooting. Many women have performed valiantly ...

Hegseth softens stance on women in combat, calls for policies already in place. The military announced gender-neutral standards for combat roles in 2016. By Anne Flaherty. January 14, 2025, 6:29 PM.

Hegseth orders 'sex-neutral' combat fitness tests, raising concern from military women Before his nomination for Defense Secretary, Hegseth said on a podcast interview that women 'straight up' do ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary has rekindled a thorny debate over women’s role in combat that Democrats sought to put to bed nearly a decade ago ...

On women in combat Hegseth’s opposition — stated in his book and interviews — was simple and direct before his nomination on Nov. 12. But, in the face of questions from Congress, he appears ...

Hegseth has been working to explain himself behind closed doors. Collins, after meeting with him for nearly 90 minutes, told reporters that he had backpedaled on women in combat.

Hegseth's view on women in combat reflects much of the debate over the past nine years, in the wake of then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter's order in late 2015 that the military open all military ...

Hegseth’s view on women in combat reflects much of the debate over the past nine years, in the wake of then-Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s order in late 2015 that the military open all ...

If Hegseth is confirmed by the Senate, he could try to end the Pentagon’s nearly decade-old practice of making all combat jobs open to women. “I’m straight up just saying we should not have ...

Hegseth's view on women in combat reflects much of the debate over the past nine years, in the wake of then-Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's order in late 2015 that the military open all military ...