The review will include standards for physical fitness, body composition and grooming, including beards, which are currently not allowed in the military, apart from some religious exemptions, ...

What To Know. In the Department of Defense memo, Hegseth said: "We must remain vigilant in maintaining the standards that ...

Joint Chiefs Chair Mark Milley for lowering standards. Hegseth vows to restore discipline and military readiness.

The Pentagon will conduct a review of all military fitness and grooming standards, according to a memo Wednesday from ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in January to review "in a gender-neutral way" readiness standards for troops.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a “rapid” services-wide review of existing standards for military physical fitness ...

Pete Hegseth has ordered a Pentagon-wide review of US military standards including the physical fitness, body composition, ...

Hegseth’s directive comes after the Biden administration loosened restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules for military service members, as well as body fat percentage requirements for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of the military’s grooming standards—and he wants his generals to look ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that US troops will be "fit, not fat", as he claimed that America's enemies are ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered senior Pentagon leadership to review how and why grooming standards, including beards, ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is ordering an evaluation of the fitness and grooming standards of the U.S. military. The ...