Pete Hegseth orders major overhaul of US military standards for women
Story by Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com and Wires • 8h
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, angering many women who saw it as unfair.
In a new memo, Hegseth told leaders of the military services to distinguish which jobs are considered combat arms - such as special operations or infantry, and require 'heightened entry level and sustained physical fitness' - and which are not.
The memo released Monday said all physical fitness requirements for those combat arms positions must be gender neutral, 'based solely on the operational demands of the occupation and the readiness needed to confront any adversary.'
Hegseth introduced the new standards in an X post, writing: 'For far too long, we have allowed standards to slip. We've had different standards for men/women serving in combat arms MOS's and jobs…. That's not acceptable, and it changes right now!'
On social media, the response from many women was extremely negative.
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