Navy Admiral Says SEALs Won’t Change Standards for Women, but Navy Has a Plan

Navy Admiral Says SEALs Won’t Change Standards for Women, but Navy Has a Plan
In this Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A Navy admiral says the legendary requirements for SEALs will not be changed for women.

The disclosure comes just months before the Navy has to roll out integration plans, with an April 1 deadline set.

Vice Adm. Bill Moran told the Military Times that he recently submitted his piece of the plan, but emphasized that there’s a more long-term outlook as opposed to pushing women into combat right away by lowering standards. 

“For young women that want to be in that community, we’ve got to give them time to get ready,” he said of the SEALs training, which is so hard that nearly three-quarters of men drop out. “So I’m not in a rush to push the first one through and get at it that way.”

Moran said Navy officials reviewed the standards and decided that they needed to stay the same.

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American Navy Seals land on the main beach in Monrovia, Liberia in this Aug. 18, 2003 file photo. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)
American Navy Seals land on the main beach in Monrovia, Liberia in this Aug. 18, 2003 file photo. AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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