The US Department of Defense has officially opened all combat positions to women, who were previously barred from many 'excepted' jobs and, prior to 2013, were barred from all ground combat roles. "I'm announcing my decision not to make continued exceptions, that is, to proceed with opening...
WASHINGTON —President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been outspoken about his opinion that women should not serve in combat roles. Here’s a look at how many women are in such roles in the U.S. military, as of the 2024 budget year: ...
Democratic Sen.Tammy Duckworth said Sundaythat Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary is "flat-out wrong" in his view that women should not serve in the military in combat roles. "Our military could not go to war without the women who wear this uniform...
After years of discussion and debate it appears that soon women will be sent into combat operations in the United States military. This is the way it should be because women are ready and competent to be put into combat roles in the U.S. military. Indeed, slowly but surely, the Defense...
Defense Secretary Carter said he “overruled the Marines because the military should operate under a common set of standards“(Rosenberg and Philipps, "All Combat Roles Now Open to Women, Defense Secretary Says"). In the military, both men and women are trained to handle the same situations as...
The issue of women serving in the military has repeatedly been subject to much debate and controversy. There are essentially two fundamentally opposing positions on the issue. One position holds that any form of exclusion of women in the military constit
WASHINGTON —Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III used a speech at West Point to forcefully endorse having women in combat roles and emphasize the military’s obligation to defend the U.S. Constitution — ideals some fear may come under fire ...
The ban on women serving in ground combat unitswas lifted in 2013and, in 2016, all US military combat positions were opened to them, allowing women to fill about 220,000 jobs that were previously limited to men – including infantry, armor, reconnaissance and some special operations units. W...
Women in Combat No Later Than 2016, Pentagon SaysWomen could be officially moving into combat roles by 2016, according to top US military officials.Mulrine, Anna
“If you meet the standards, our military must be, and always should be, a standards-based, merit-based military period, full stop,” he said. Women have been allowed to serve in frontline combat roles since 2015, when then-U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter ordered the U.S. military...