The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for soldiers who fall short, according to the recommendations from a new study ...

The U.S. Army is rolling out a new fitness test that will require female soldiers serving in combat jobs to be rated on the same score chart as their male counterparts, a move that comes after Defense ...

The Army announced last week that the Army job of “combat engineer” is now open to female soldiers. Also known as the MOS (military occupational specialty) of 12-Bravo, the combat engineer job can now ...

Surrounded by hundreds of new U.S. Army recruits who lined the track right outside the 35th Combat Engineering Battalion’s barracks on Fort Leonard Wood, 29-year-old Hunter Young gained some respect ...

FORT EUSTIS Only a small fraction of Army women say they would like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of ...

WASHINGTON — In June of last year, the Army opened combat engineer jobs to female soldiers. Today, women are going through the school housed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and joining units around the ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretaries of the military services to come up with a plan that distinguishes between combat-arms jobs and noncombat-arms jobs and develops ...