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Debate over women in combat prompts NDAA battles

The votes exposed a split over whether women can be excluded from combat jobs as the Pentagon moves to set gender-neutral fitness standards.

Summary by Military Times
During a marathon House markup of next year’s mammoth defense policy bill earlier this month, two proposed amendments that failed to make it out of committee tell a story of concern for the future of women in uniform.The amendments to the Fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, proposed by Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Clay Higgins, R-La., both pertain to the implementation of gender-neutral standards as mandated by Secretary of War…

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Military Times broke the news in Vienna, United States on Friday, June 26, 2026.
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