Chrissy Houlahan wanted to be a Navy pilot just like her dad and grandfather. But growing up in the 1980s there were very few women flying in the Navy so her dad urged her to consider the Air Force, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has added new fitness tests for service members and changed grooming standards for men.

Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the former Army vice chief of staff, said he is “concerned” about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “attack on women” in the military on Sunday. “I’m concerned about what I ...

Following Hegseth's speech on military fitness standards, some expressed concern there’s a false narrative only female servicemembers aren't meeting certain standards.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced new military standards and gender rules for the United States military Tuesday during his impromptu gathering of military generals in Quantico, Virginia. This ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drew criticism this week after suggesting that women in the armed forces had been allowed into combat jobs only because fitness standards were lowered. Speaking to ...

The defense secretary raised the issue suggesting women were getting into combat not because they met high standards, but because they were given a pass.

When leaders insist the Army must return to a “male standard,” they aren’t talking about deadlifts. They’re talking about identity. They valorize a narrow and romanticized ideal of the band of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the ...

Sports broadcaster and former international gymnast Gabby Logan says a particular type of fitness training is vital for women during the menopause. Gabby, working with menopause training expert, Annie ...

I n the days before Pete Hegseth stepped onstage to address the hundreds of generals and admirals he summoned for a mysterious meeting outside Washington, D.C., officials at the Pentagon joked that ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S. military.