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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:05 PM Thursday

Kegbreath reignites battle over women's role in military [View all]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the armed forces.

In a highly unusual address to hundreds of the military’s top leaders in Quantico, Va., Hegseth declared new directives to ensure every combat position “returns to the highest male standard” of their service’s physical fitness test.

“If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it,” he said, though he stressed that the military will continue to welcome women into its ranks.

“I don’t want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape, or in combat units with females who can’t meet the same combat arms physical standards as men,” he said. “This job is life and death. Standards must be met.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-reignites-battle-over-women-100000490.html

But you have no problem serving an out of shape fat slob.

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