Can women hold up their end in combat? (2) What effect will this have on morale? In response to the first question, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot and a combat veteran, is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. Michael O ...

marines, airmen and guardians,” Sen. Warren said. “Then on Nov. 9, 2024, just 32 days after your last public comments saying that women absolutely should not be in combat, you declare that ...

And the Marines (as well as Army) started assigning women to do tasks like patrols, convoys and checkpoints. Even a Marine like me was taken from my desk job and assigned to an ad-hoc combat unit ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary, drew Democrats’ ire for past statements voicing strong opposition to female troops serving in combat units.

If Hegseth is confirmed and restricts women from combat roles, "our military can no longer do its job," Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said Thursday, after she declared in a floor speech that he is ...

Two years later, the final hurdle was removed, opening all combat roles to women, including the Royal Marines. At the time it was made clear, that this was about equal opportunities. Large numbers ...

Pete Hegseth said he now supports women serving in combat roles so long as they meet the same standards as men -- a policy the military has had for nearly a decade.