← Back to homepage
Supportive
Armed forces women called to join ‘elite’ units with new fitness guide
Sources
1
Coverage
Limited spectrum
Sentiment
+0.70
◀ Left 0%Centre 0%Right 100% ▶
How we rate bias →auto_awesome
NEWSDECK ANALYSIS
The UK's armed forces have been working to increase the number of women in elite units since restrictions on women in ground close combat roles were lifted in 2016. The new fitness guide is the result of a decade of research and aims to provide defence-specific guidance on female physiology in military training, covering areas such as fitness, nutrition, and recovery. This effort is part of a broader push to ensure that women have equal opportunities to serve in the military's most demanding roles, including commando, airborne, and special forces units.
This story is currently only covered by one source from a single part of the political spectrum. NewsDeck will update this page automatically if other outlets pick up the story.
NewsDeck Poll
Do you think this story is being covered fairly across the political spectrum?
Loading…
Left
(0)
No coverage from this perspective yet
Centre
(0)
No coverage from this perspective yet
Right
(1)
GB News
Armed forces women called to join ‘elite’ units with new fitness guide
Servicewomen will now have the brains and brawn required to take on the military’s hardest courses after a groundbreaking new health and fitness guidebook was released by defence chiefs.
Minister for Veterans and People, Calvin Bailey, told GB News the guide will ensure that more women will be able to serve as commandos, airborne soldiers and in the special forces.
He said: “We’ll have a lot more women able to reac…
9 Jul, 22:59