The Army and Marines have more extensive fitness tests.

Barbara Nylund, Colonel, US Army Medical Corps, PhD, MD Barbara Nylund, who lived with open arms and an open heart, died on December 26, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her life was illuminated by a ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's ...

WASHINGTON – The defense secretary's decision to review military standards on combat and ... and ponytails for women, and beards in certain circumstances for either medical or religious reasons.

Among them, more than 100 women are currently in combat units of ... could do two jobs [in the military]," said Halyna. "I studied to be a doctor for five years at medical school and graduated ...

Also, after the Pentagon allowed women to be in all combat jobs, the Army set specific fitness standards ... and beards in certain circumstances for either medical or religious reasons.

Currently, the Army Combat Fitness test is scored based on different requirements for men and women, depending on age ... men to grow facial hair, due to a medical condition exacerbated by ...

Worthington resident Katharina Mills, 39, who served as a medic in the U.S. Army for 11 years until 2015, told her table mates that during her first deployment, women weren't assigned to combat ...

In a Nov. 7 podcast, Hegseth said the U.S. military “should not have women in combat roles,” as it ... military apart from some religious or medical exemptions, though some services have ...