The Fight to Fight

THE FIGHT TO FIGHT is a high-stakes story about two generations of women who broke through the military’s sex-based barriers. One fought to open ground combat jobs to women; the next became the first to serve in them. It’s a tale of how progress is won, how it can be undone, and a real-time test of whether meritocracy can be achieved inside one of the nation’s most powerful institutions.

What began as a celebratory story about women achieving full integration has become something far more urgent. A decade after women fought to gain full access to ground combat roles, that access – based on the principle that ability, not sex should determine merit – is once again under threat.