Hegseth to review military fitness and grooming

Pentagon calls Mark Milley 'corpulent' as it kicks off review of physical fitness and grooming standards
Joint Chiefs Chair Mark Milley for lowering standards. Hegseth vows to restore discipline and military readiness.
Pentagon orders review into military standards, including fitness and grooming
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in January to review "in a gender-neutral way" readiness standards for troops.
Hegseth orders review of fitness, grooming standards for all service branches
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a “rapid” services-wide review of existing standards for military physical fitness, body composition and grooming, according to a Pentagon news release.
Brawn and beards: Hegseth to review military fitness and grooming
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, according to a memo from Hegseth dated Wednesday. It will probe "why those standards changed and the impact of those changes," according to the memo.
Pentagon chief orders review of fitness, grooming standards
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of military standards related to physical fitness and appearance across all services, indicating recent policies put in place to make it easier for women and minorities to serve may soon be under fire.
Defense Department orders review of military standards
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.
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