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Pentagon Pete’s Bid to Purge Women From Military Suffers Setback
April 15, 2026
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Kevin Lamarque / REUTERSThe Pentagon’s review of having women in ground combat jobs is now being conducted by a different organization—three months after it began.The Pentagon announced the review in January to determine “operational effectiveness of ground combat units 10 years after the Department lifted all remaining restrictions on women serving in combat roles.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said in a November 2024 podcast appearance that women should not serve in combat roles, backed down in his confirmation hearing by telling senators they would be allowed if they met the same standards as men.Up until April, the planned six-month review was designated to be carried out by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a Virginia-based non-profit corporation that runs three research and development centers to help with the government’s national security issues.
However, Military Times reported that the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will now lead it. And the deadline, which had been six months from January, has been pushed back to a year from this month.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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