"Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata wrote in a memo last month that the effort is to determine the "operational effectiveness of ground combat units 10 years after the Department lifted all remaining restrictions on women serving in combat roles." Tata requested Army and Marine leaders to provide data on the readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and personnel."
"Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson wrote in an e-mail to NPR that the study is to "ensure standards are met and the United States maintains the most lethal military. Our standards for combat arms positions will be elite uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn't care if you're a man or a woman.""
The Department of Defense has launched a six-month review examining women serving in ground combat roles to assess operational effectiveness a decade after lifting restrictions. The review tasks Army and Marine units to report data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate and to provide points of contact to the Institute for Defense Analyses by January 15. Required metrics include individual readiness and deployability measures, including physical and medical factors. The review also seeks internal research on integration. Pentagon leadership emphasized maintaining elite, sex-neutral standards and rejected compromising standards to meet quotas.
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