Speaking just days later Sergeant Meyer said, “There’s never been a better time to serve our country than right now. There’s never been a need, like we need right now, of good men and women who are willing to stand up and who are willing [to] defend the beliefs of the American people, of the Constitution ...."

They not only have the political strength, they also have the political winds. The question is whether they have the political will.

The combat arms branches of the military will now have one fitness standard for both men and women.