app03 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:48:03 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Restore the Military - Episodes Tagged with “Will Thibeau” https://restorethemilitary.fireside.fm/tags/will%20thibeau Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Hosted by military veterans Doug Truax and Will Thibeau, Restore the Military podcast is designed to cut through Pentagon spin and focus on real legislative reform. en-us episodic Restore the Military podcast explains exactly what is broken in our military—and how Congress can actually fix it. Doug Truax and Will Thibeau Hosted by military veterans Doug Truax and Will Thibeau, Restore the Military podcast is designed to cut through Pentagon spin and focus on real legislative reform. no Doug Truax and Will Thibeau socials@restorationpac.com Episode 2: The Truth About Women in Combat Units https://restorethemilitary.fireside.fm/the-truth-about-women-in-combat-units e70fce3d-cd76-4919-a6a5-792712b33b16 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Doug Truax and Will Thibeau full Doug Truax and Will Thibeau 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. 19:54 no <p>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.</p> <p>Doug Truax and Will Thibeau 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.</p> <p>They cover:</p> <ul> <li> What the 2015 GCEITF study found — and why the Secretary of the Navy rejected it before the report was even released</li> <li> How the Army Combat Fitness Test was redesigned to produce equal pass rates rather than measure combat capability</li> <li> The specific legislative provisions in the FY2027 NDAA cycle — and why this is the highest-risk item going into conference</li> <li> The fallback strategy if the combat exclusion gets stripped in negotiations</li> <li> Why none of this gets easier with a Pacific theater conflict on the horizon</li> </ul> <p>The Marine Corps did its job. Now it's Congress's turn. </p> Doug Truax, Will Thibeau, Military Reform 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 and Will Thibeau 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.

]]> 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 and Will Thibeau 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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