The Combat Medical Badge (CMB) is one of the least known but most revered of Army awards. Established in 1945 by the War ...

His effort to import the country’s culture wars into the Pentagon will weaken American military power. The American and British armed forces opened all combat positions to women a decade ago.

The military announced gender-neutral standards for combat roles in 2016. In his public bid to become the next defense secretary, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told a Senate panel on ...

In his public bid to become the next defense secretary, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told a Senate panel on Tuesday that he supports women serving in combat roles so long as they meet ...

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 ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for Defense secretary, faced criticism for his past comments about women in combat.

Democrats geared up Tuesday to grill Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on his past behavior and opposition to women serving in combat roles during his potentially explosive confirmation ...

“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles,” Hegseth said during a November appearance on “The Shawn Ryan Show” podcast. “It hasn’t made us more ...

Hegesth responded: “My answer is yes….Women will have access to ground combat roles, given the standards remain high. And we’ll have a review to ensure the standards have not been eroded in ...

Hegseth, a veteran and former Fox News host, pushed back on allegations that he disparaged women serving in the military under tough questioning from women on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated,” he said in a ...

A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll set to be released tomorrow finds that Pete Hegseth, the nominee to lead the Department of Defense, has room to introduce himself to the country; 55 percent of ...