Women in combat roles scrutinised as male-female US military requirements compared
The US Secretary of War is continuing to question whether women should serve in ground combat roles.
Pete Hegseth has launched a review into whether they lower the standards in the military, but military leaders have spoken out saying they don't.
BFBS Forces News reporter Kirstie Chambers has compared the entry requirements for men and women, including fitness, height and weight restrictions, age, education, citizenship, residency and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test.
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The video looks at changes to the US Army fitness test for combat roles after Mr Hegseth moved to sex-neutral benchmarks, and compares the Army's height-and-weight entry chart, where maximum weights are lower for women than for men
Women make up around 17% in the US military, and, as of 2022, just 5.7% were in combat arms positions across the force.
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