FILE - Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - Female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

This photo provided by Monica Meeks shows Meeks in the summer of 2012 in Hopkinsville, Ky. (Monica Meeks via AP)