Doubts about women in combat don’t stand up to history

These roles allowed women to bypass the combat taboo. Yet they were still regarded as temporary, effectively excluding them ...
WAMC

A Brief History Of Women In Combat

1 of 12 — Young women learn how to charge an enemy with rifles and bayonets at their high school in Tokyo, Feb. 18, 1937. Japan trained women and girls for auxiliary army units. 2 of 12 — Jewish women ...
Sacramento State University

Women of Sac State’s Combat U fight stereotypes, bring home championships

Aranjot Kaur has always been a fighter. An accomplished mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete in India with a 3-0 record and national championship, Kaur began training at 14. She attributes much of her ...
Yahoo

Pete Hegseth Has Said 'Women Shouldn't Be in Combat Roles' in US Military. Here's His Reasoning

From late 2024 onward, a claim circulated online that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in military combat roles. Shortly after President Donald Trump nominated him for ...
Times of San Diego

Women have served in combat roles for a decade; the Pentagon is reopening the debate

The first three female rangers in 2015, from left: Capt. Kristen Griest, Maj. Lisa Jaster and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver. (Photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann/Office of the Secretary of Defense Public ...
WUNC

As the Pentagon reexamines women in combat, female veterans consider it a settled issue

Ten years ago, amid sometimes bitter debate, the first women began the Army's notoriously hard Ranger infantry training program. The same year, combat jobs across the military were opened to female ...
Stars and Stripes

Hegseth’s views on women in combat expected to face scrutiny at Senate hearing

WASHINGTON — As Pete Hegseth faces the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday during his confirmation hearing to lead the Defense Department, his divisive views on women serving in combat are ...
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The Bolduc Brief: Women in Combat: A Resounding Yes

The question of whether women belong in combat roles is not just a matter of policy; it reflects our nation’s values, traditions, and recognition of capability regardless of gender. Throughout history ...
Yahoo

Assault allegations, women in combat: Takeaways from Hegseth confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON − Senators pressed Pete Hegseth on his alleged history of heavy drinking, shifting views on women in the military, and his treatment of women in a wide-ranging and often combative ...
Time

Seven Myths About “Women in Combat”

No, it’s not. Women are already in combat, and are serving well and professionally. The issue should be more clearly entitled, “Women in the infantry.” And this is a decidedly different proposition.
Aclu.org

Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military—and He's Not Hiding It

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made headlines when he summoned hundreds of senior military leaders to a military base in Quantico, Virginia and made troubling comments about equity in the military.