Hegseth’s memo directs the military services to develop new standards distinguishing combat positions like infantry or armor from noncombat positions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a sweeping review of military fitness standards for combat roles -- but before the Pentagon can tighten requirements, he wants clarity on which ...

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 the physically demanding ...

“All entry-level and sustained physical fitness requirements within combat arms positions must be sex-neutral, based solely ...

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 ...

Hegseth's memo calls for a review of how standards have changed and the impact of those shifts since Jan. 1, 2015 — the year the Defense Department opened all combat jobs to women. And it raises ...

(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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, formalizing a process that largely exists for many of ...

Morton/AP) The review follows past concerns from Hegseth that military readiness ... with different standards for men and women in combat arms. That’s not acceptable,” he said.