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18 Army instructors charged with sexual abuse since 2019, data shows 1 hour ago Hats are stacked up to be presented to graduating drill instructors at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Between January 2019 and January 2021, the Army charged 18 soldiers under a new law designed to protect trainees, cadets and applicants from sexual abuse, according to data the Army provided to Military Times. Article 93a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice criminalizes ...

US Army Reviews Gender-Neutral Combat Fitness Test  The test contains six events: a maximum deadlift, standing power throw, hand-release push-ups, a sprint, drag and carry, leg tuck, and a two-mile run.  1 minute read The US Army is reviewing its gender-neutral fitness test and could revamp it to factor in the “biological differences” between men and women. The development comes weeks after the US Congress directed the army to halt the six-event Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) until a s...

Backlash After Official Marine Corps Twitter Account Blasts Tucker Carlson 14 Mar 2021 Following outrage from progressives in the military towards Fox News host Tucker Carlson for contrasting China’s push for a “more masculine” military against the U.S. military’s focus on inclusivity for women, the official Marine Corps Twitter account joined in the criticism, sharing an image of a female Marine carrying another Marine with hashtags aimed at Tucker Carlson and Fox News. On Tuesday even...

Ted Lieu Defends U.S. Military in Tucker Carlson Spat as Ted Cruz Targets Defense Leaders On 3/15/21 at 7:01 AM EDT Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has thrown his weight behind right-wing criticism of the military after military officials and a Marine Corps Twitter account became embroiled in the furor over Fox News host Tucker Carlsons suggestion that the armed forces are becoming too "feminine." Carlson, who regularly courts controversy on a range of identity politics issues, prompted fury among serving ...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 15, 2021 at 1:53 PM The two contenders for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), just one of 35 priority modernization programs: The Bell 360 Invictus (top) and the Sikorsky Raider-X (bottom) WASHINGTON: Officials from across the Army are thrashing out how to field a host of new weapons to combat units without disrupting readiness and training. “We’re conducting rock drills right now,” said Lt. Gen. Thomas Todd, head of acquisi...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn A Fox News host suggested pregnant women made a "mockery" of the U.S. military. • 7 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.defense.gov Military service members of all ranks are pushing back against Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s comments that pregnant women in the U.S. military "are going to fight our wars." Carlson’s comments earlier this week have drawn rebukes from the Pentagon’s ...

A war of words between Fox News Tucker Carlson and the military is continuing  On Friday, Carlson slammed woke Generals in the armed forces after changes were made to recruit more females including a broadening of womens hairstyles The changes also included flight suits that could be worn by pregnant women Row began Monday as Biden said two female generals would lead combat commands which he said were positive steps to recruit more women to forces Carlson said it made a mockery of the U.S. mi...

The Fox News host on Tuesday night ridiculed Joe Bidens discussion of positive steps to recruit and retain more women in the military, in remarks that earnt him widespread condemnation.

In an extraordinary rebuke, the Pentagon and several senior members of the US military called out Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday for a sexist segment in which he mocked women serving in the armed forces.

Like every guy else on this site who has served in a uniform, as a DOD or Service civilian, or in the US intelligence community, we’ve all served with women. And not just in support positions regardless of what the official designators were. In the wars we’ve been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past 20 and 18 years respectively, no matter where we put the phase lines on the map, there were no defined lines that indicated where the fighting would and wouldn’t be. Women Soldiers, ...