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 physical standards that are “sex-neutral.”
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 physical standards that are “sex-neutral.”
A program that guided the Army’s female soldiers along their career path has been renamed and opened to men, as the services work to comply with new Pentagon rules.
The increase applies to active-duty members in the E-1 to E-4 pay grades and will appear beginning with the mid-month paycheck for April.