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

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

The department-wide review will analyze the standards of all U.S. military branches to ensure they are the "most lethal and effective fighting force." ...

New defense chief Pete Hegseth plans a fundamental overhaul of the military's legal system to give soldiers more leeway on ...

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

Pete Hegseth moving to relax rules of engagement as part of military lawyer overhaul, says report - Administration sacked top ...

A Biden-appointed federal judge, Ana Reyes, clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Wednesday hearing, ordering him ...

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

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is taking aim at the military’s legal system, specifically the judge advocate general corps, in order to relax the rules of war. The Guardian reports that Hegseth is ...

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