West Point Eliminates Student Clubs Related to Gender or Race After Trump Order

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has axed at least a dozen extracurricular clubs geared toward women and minority students amid an ongoing audit aimed at aligning with the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity programs in federal institutions. Col. Chad Foster, West Point’s deputy commandant, issued the directive Tuesday, ordering the immediate dissolution of […]
Gender Neutral Standards, Return to Old Fitness Test: Congress’ Dueling Ideas for the Army

Both chambers of Congress have competing ideas to reinvent the Army’s new fitness test, an ongoing effort by legislators to alter fitness standards for the service that only last year received their first major update in decades. As part of the draft of the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which directs policy and […]