{"id":83985,"date":"2026-01-07T00:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/07\/dod-launches-review-of-effectiveness-of-women-in-ground-combat-roles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:23:40","slug":"dod-launches-review-of-effectiveness-of-women-in-ground-combat-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/01\/07\/dod-launches-review-of-effectiveness-of-women-in-ground-combat-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"DOD launches review of \u2018effectiveness\u2019 of women in ground combat roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon has launched a formal review of the \u201ceffectiveness\u201d of women in ground-combat positions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8d3cI_Kcgwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8d3cI_Kcgwk\">nearly a decade<\/a> after the Department of Defense ended a ban that had excluded them from front-line infantry, armor and artillery units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six-month assessment, first reported by NPR on Tuesday, will require Army and Marine Corp leaders to submit data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and personnel, according to a December memo sent by Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata. Pentagon officials cast the move as a way to gauge \u201cthe operational effectiveness of ground combat\u201d units and examine how women have integrated into combat roles over the last ten years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Institute for Defense Analyses is reviewing the effectiveness of having women in ground combat roles to ensure standards are met and the United States maintains the most lethal military,\u201d Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement to Military Times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The institute is a private, nonprofit organization that is largely financed by the federal government to research and analyze national security issues for the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur standards for combat arms positions will be elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn\u2019t care if you\u2019re a man or a woman,\u201d Wilson added, noting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth \u201cwill not compromise standards to satisfy quotas or an ideological agenda \u2013 this is common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth \u2014 who previously expressed opposition to women serving in ground combat roles \u2014 outlined new physical fitness standards for combat posts during an address to hundreds of military leaders in September. The Pentagon chief said he is requiring every combat position to return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/4318689\/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-addresses-general-and-flag-officers-at-quantico-v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/4318689\/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-addresses-general-and-flag-officers-at-quantico-v\/\">\u201chighest male standard,\u201d<\/a> while acknowledging that \u201cif that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in [a] combat unit with females who can\u2019t meet the same combat arms physical standards as men,\u201d Hegseth asserted. \u201cStandards must be uniform, gender neutral and high. If not, they\u2019re not standards. They\u2019re just suggestions, suggestions that get our sons and daughters killed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before he was nominated as defense secretary, Hegseth, speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DoN5ovwB8s4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DoN5ovwB8s4\">Shawn Ryan\u2019s podcast<\/a>, bluntly said: \u201cI\u2019m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn\u2019t made us more effective. Hasn\u2019t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about his views on women in the military during his confirmation hearing, Hegseth responded \u201cwomen will have access to ground combat roles given the standards remain high, and we will have a review to ensure the standards have not been eroded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.militaryonesource.mil\/12038\/MOS\/Reports\/2023-demographics-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/download.militaryonesource.mil\/12038\/MOS\/Reports\/2023-demographics-report.pdf\">Data released in 2023<\/a> showed that women accounted for 17.7% of active-duty troops in the military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army and Marine Corp leaders will submit data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and 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