Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON The ...

The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and ...

The review comes after years of debate over women's place in the armed forces. About 4,500 women now serve in ground combat ...

Women in combat arms roles told Task & Purpose that the Pentagon’s latest review is frustrating after proving themselves for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustrative image of a female IDF soldier. (photo credit: FLASH90) Two female soldiers, K and Y – who serve in this capacity – ...

The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday it directed a review of women’s “effectiveness” in ground combat roles after nearly a decade ...

NORFOLK, Va. — After more than a decade of women serving in active combat roles, a recent Pentagon decision will review their ...

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 ...

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced on Thursday that the military has halted this year’s round of women who were training for the past six months to become combat drivers. The statement ...

The review will determine the “operational effectiveness of ground combat units” 10 years after the restrictions on women ...

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