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Women鈥檚 service in the U.S. military has long been lauded as a sign of progress 鈥� including, for almost a decade, women in combat. Now, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is suggesting a pullback. In a speech this week, he stressed that all U.S. forces should be held to the 鈥渉ighest male standards鈥� of physical fitness. Sophie Hills and Anna Mulrine Grobe explore the backstory and implications.

I was also reminded of Anna鈥檚 story 10 years ago covering the first women to go through Army Ranger School. What strikes her today, she says, are the drill sergeants and other male soldiers who started out as 鈥渟keptics鈥� and, as they watched what the women could do, 鈥渂ecame true believers in their abilities and some of their biggest fans.鈥�