Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday revealed a uniform standard for men and women who serve in combat roles.
Hegseth announced the new policy in a video posted to social media on Monday morning, fulfilling a promise he made during his Senate confirmation process to institute a single combat readiness standard.
“It’s Sunday, but of course, we’re still working. I want to show you one thing. It’s a new memorandum that’s coming out today on combat arms standards. You see, for far too long, we allowed standards to slip and different standards for men and women in combat arms MOSs and jobs. That’s not acceptable,” the secretary said.
“We need to have the same standard, male or female, in our combat roles to ensure our men and women who are under our leaders or in those formations have the best possible leaders and the highest possible standards that are not based at all…
