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Monday, February 16, 2026

Top enlisted leaders from each service testified to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that they support women serving in any role in the military, including combat arms, if they meet the established standards.

USSECDEF Pete Hegseth and Women in the US Military

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The senior enlisted leaders from the five services, as well as the senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), added that they have yet to see any indication that women serving in combat units have caused standards to lower.

US Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) questioned the service leaders during a Senate Armed Services committee. She added that everyone who wants to serve their country should have the opportunity to do so, to include LGBTQ members.

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Kristen Marie Griest and Shaye Lynne Haver are the first two women to graduate from the grueling two-month long US Army Ranger School (21 August 2015). Griest also become the first female US Army Infantry officer, after the US Army approved her transfer from the Military Police Corps. The nefarious Trumpf junta has been callously erasing the accomplishments of these two pioneering Valkyrie from US Army social media posts and other publicity materials.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-16 02:41 AM | Reply

... and a very few can qualify ; )

#2 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-02-16 08:30 AM | Reply

This is, like so many other things in this Propaganda Admin, what comes from policy based on political Myths and rhetoric rather than the facts on the ground.
Misogynism, along with racism, jingoism, and downright incompetence are alive and well in Trumplandia.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-16 11:30 AM | Reply

Men and women are exactly the same - lefties

Also, men can get pregnant - also lefties.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-16 01:33 PM | Reply

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