On the Restore the Military podcast hosted by USMA 1992 grad Doug Truax:

In 2015, the Marine Corps completed the most comprehensive study ever conducted on gender-integrated combat units. The results were unambiguous — and then they were ignored.

Doug Truax (USMA ’92) and Will Thibeau (Army Ranger vet) break down the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force findings, what happened when the data collided with Obama-era policy, and why Congress is now attempting to legislate sex-neutral fitness standards into permanent law for the first time.

They cover:

• What the 2015 GCEITF study found — and why the Secretary of the Navy rejected it before the report was even released
• How the Army Combat Fitness Test was redesigned to produce equal pass rates rather than measure combat capability
• The specific legislative provisions in the FY2027 NDAA cycle — and why this is the highest-risk item going into conference
• The fallback strategy if the combat exclusion gets stripped in negotiations
• Why none of this gets easier with a Pacific theater conflict on the horizon

The Marine Corps did its job. Now it’s Congress’s turn.

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