Pete Hegseth, controversial Trump pick, has ordered review of military standard focusing on grooming, body fat and hairstyles ...

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

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

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with the apparent aim of making the military a stricter and less accommodating ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has put under review military standards, including physical fitness, body composition and ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A memo released on Wednesday directs the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness to review how the standards have changed since January 2015.