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Army Suspends Base’s First Female Commander After Trump Photo Rumors
The Army suspended the first female commander of Fort McCoy following a controversy involving photos of President Donald ...
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As the Pentagon reexamines women in combat, female veterans consider it a settled issue
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of combat physical standards. Women who've served in combat jobs say ten ...
New Army Fitness Test Includes Gender-Neutral Benchmarks
The U.S. Army introduced a new fitness test with gender-neutral standards for combat roles, seeking to enforce uniform ...
25-Year-Old West Point Grad Becomes First Woman to Complete Army’s 3-Day Best Ranger Competition
The U.S. Army’s Best Ranger Competition has its first female finisher. First Lt. Gabrielle A. White and her teammate, Capt.
US Army soldier allegedly murdered fellow soldier ‘execution style’ near base
It appeared that Casas had a back-to-front penetration gunshot wound,” an emergency room doctor told police, officers wrote ...
Patty Eidam, Lansing’s first female police officer and mayor, prepares to leave office
Outgoing Lansing Mayor Patty Eidam said she is proud of her work to repair aging infrastructure and increase police resources ...
No more ‘yeet’, gender-neutral targets: How US Army is overhauling fitness test and why
The US Army is set to replace its Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) with the Army Fitness Test (AFT). The changes include getting rid of one of its most criticised events and introducing new ...
Female soldier becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest
A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the ...