Episode 2: The Truth About Women in Combat Units

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.