Doug Truax
Co-Host of Restore the Military
Doug Truax is a 1992 West Point graduate, and he is passionate about seeing the prestigious institution restored to its former greatness and once again lead the U.S. military, the country, and the world. Doug saw six years active duty in the U.S. Army, completed the nation’s most difficult leadership course, Ranger School, served as a platoon leader and aide to a general, leaving the service honorably as a Captain. He also attained the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist designation from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Doug Truax has hosted two Episodes.
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Episode 2: The Truth About Women in Combat Units
June 25th, 2026 | 19 mins 54 secs
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In 2015, the Marine Corps conducted a landmark nine-month study on gender-integrated combat units and found that all-male squads outperformed integrated squads on 69 percent of tasks — yet the Obama administration opened all combat positions to women anyway. A decade later, Congress is finally attempting to legislate sex-neutral fitness standards into permanent law, and this episode breaks down the data, the political decisions that overrode it, and what's at stake in the current fight.
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Episode 1: The Battle Over Merit in America's Military
June 23rd, 2026 | 14 mins 58 secs
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The episode opens with a pointed argument: the Supreme Court's 2023 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ruling struck down race-conscious admissions in higher education, but the service academies have continued operating under identity-based admissions frameworks using an untested "national security" rationale. Doug and Will argue the legal exposure is real and growing — and that it's better to fix it through statute now than have a court opinion force the issue later.