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CME strongly supports the U.S. Navy’s decision to implement a new combat fitness test for its most elite combat arms personnel, including SEALs, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, fleet divers, and special warfare combat crewmen.
Amber Smith joins Joe Pags to discuss why mission-based, merit-driven standards are essential to military readiness, unit cohesion, and trust on the battlefield.
Drawing from her experience in combat aviation and senior defense leadership, Smith explains how lowering or separating standards damages morale, weakens teams, and puts lives at risk—and why one clear standard ensures the strongest, most capable force.
In recent years, too many standards have faded: fitness, accountability, even pride in uniform. Waivers are common, fitness tests have softened and “getting by” has replaced “getting better.” We call it inclusion or compassion, but often it’s convenience. Lower expecta
The decision by War Secretary Pete Hegseth to dissolve the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services is a clear statement about the direction our military must go if it is to remain strong, mission-r