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Military fitness standards review will find array of tests, higher requirements for combat

Journal Gazette 01 Apr 2025
WASHINGTON — The defense secretary's decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services.
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Appeals court won't delay block on US military's transgender ban

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2025
District Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma, Washington last week issued a preliminary injunction putting on hold the military's new policy of identifying and discharging any transgender service members.
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Chinese PLA Navy launches official account on X

ECNS 01 Apr 2025
... military on an international social platform ... Regarding the Chinese Navy being the first military service to open such an account, Zhang attributed this to the navy's inherently international role.
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Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders overhaul of US military standards that will leave women ...

The Daily Mail 01 Apr 2025
In a new memo, Hegseth told leaders of the military services to distinguish which jobs are considered combat arms - such as special operations or infantry, and require 'heightened entry level and sustained physical fitness' - and which are not.
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Hegseth orders fitness standards to be gender neutral for combat jobs. Many already are

Wtop 01 Apr 2025
In a new memo, Hegseth told leaders of the military services to distinguish which jobs are considered combat arms — such as special operations or infantry, and require “heightened entry level and sustained physical fitness” — and which are not.
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Trump's nominee to be the next Joint Chiefs chairman will face senators' questions

Times Union 01 Apr 2025
military officer ... Mark Milley soured as Milley pushed back and took steps to try to prevent what he saw as an attempt to politicize the office, such as by reminding military service members they take an oath to the Constitution, not to a president.
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Trump’s pick for Joint Chiefs chairman to testify before Senate committee at confirmation hearing

Stars and Stripes 01 Apr 2025
In 2016, Caine returned to full-time military service ... DOD webpages celebrating legendary minority troops to be restored after being scrubbed from sites Military academies cancel handful of classes to ...
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A Kremlin official says Russia sees efforts to end Ukraine war as a drawn-out process

Provo Daily Herald 01 Apr 2025
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via APIn this photo ... Putin on Monday ordered a regular bi-annual call-up intended to draft 160,000 conscripts for an one-year tour of compulsory military service.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,132

Al Jazeera 01 Apr 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered 160,000 more Russians to be called up for military service by July 15 ... Military aid ... Sweden said it would donate 16 billion kronor ($1.6bn) in new military aid ...
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Peters blasts 'crazy' daily cost of detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay

Detroit news 01 Apr 2025
In a joint statement the senators released over the weekend, they said they met with military service members and officials with DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement during their visit, but ...
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DOGE health department cuts in Kentucky could impact a variety of services. What we know

The Gleaner 01 Apr 2025
... staffing for 988 call centers and youth drop-in centers, the delivery of addiction treatment services and the Purple Star Program, which supports veterans, active military members and their families.
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What is 'classified' information? What are 'secure' communications? Here's a primer

Journal Gazette 01 Apr 2025
Material categorized as "controlled unclassified information," while not secret, still is considered sensitive enough that military service members are prohibited from discussing it on unsecured devices like personal phones.
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Canadian generals discuss military co-operation with U.S. as Trump continues to threaten Canada

Toronto Sun 01 Apr 2025
military ... The new poll is the latest indication that Trump’s tariff threats and talk of taking over Canada are souring economic and military relationships, the U.S.-based news service noted.
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Veterans (VA) disability increase for April: Who is eligible and when will payments come?

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2025
Veterans qualify for VA disability compensation if they have a service-connected illness or injury—caused or worsened by active military service—resulting in a disability rating from 10% to 100%.
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Harvard Students Raise $60,000 in Fundraiser for Myanmar Earthquake

The Harvard Crimson 01 Apr 2025
Since 2017, the military has persecuted the Muslim Rohingya people who ... Three years later, the state introduced compulsory military service that applies to men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27.
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