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Hegseth orders review of military grooming and fitness standards
Military Times via Yahoo ^ | March 13th, 2025 | Riley Ceder

Posted on 03/13/2025 5:38:02 PM PDT by Mariner

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Wednesday ordering senior Pentagon leadership to conduct a review of military standards related to health and appearance across all services.

The message calls for the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness to collect information pertaining to physical fitness, body composition and grooming, so that the department can conduct a thorough overview of how and why those standards have changed since Jan. 1, 2015.

“We must remain vigilant in maintaining the standards that enable the men and women of our military to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” Hegseth wrote. “Our adversaries are not growing weaker, and our tasks are not growing less challenging.”

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This was the entire premise of the greatest war flick ever...12 O'clock High.

Esprit de corp is built from the ground up, and that starts with a good shine on your boots! And get a hair cut!

1 posted on 03/13/2025 5:38:02 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkggyJbEzfs


2 posted on 03/13/2025 5:41:10 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Tattoos??


3 posted on 03/13/2025 5:47:12 PM PDT by dodger
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To: dodger

No facial hair.


4 posted on 03/13/2025 5:48:17 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: dodger

Not visible while in uniform.


5 posted on 03/13/2025 5:48:20 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: TornadoAlley3

In the British army any soldier who could grow a mustache was required too. I don’t know if that’s still true


6 posted on 03/13/2025 5:50:15 PM PDT by Fai Mao (All Democrats need to go to prison.)
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To: Mariner

No turbans and hijabs, no fat people, and end the acceptance of these weak females and their pudgy fat bodies.


7 posted on 03/13/2025 5:52:55 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Muster the troops daily and inspect.

Make certain there is strict compliance with regs.

Along with a formal, weekly dress uniform inspection.


8 posted on 03/13/2025 5:53:38 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

No mercy on body composition or required PT standards.


9 posted on 03/13/2025 5:55:00 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Ensure all work and living spaces are cleaned to standard by daily and weekly inspections.


10 posted on 03/13/2025 5:56:43 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: dodger

Hegseth is covered in tattoos.


11 posted on 03/13/2025 5:58:42 PM PDT by strider44
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To: ansel12

“and end the acceptance of these weak females and their pudgy fat bodies”

Most women do a great job and you’d be proud to serve with them.

But they should be excluded from any combat role.


12 posted on 03/13/2025 5:58:45 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: strider44

He’s a civilian.


13 posted on 03/13/2025 6:00:07 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Lead by example, Pete, get a haircut and lose those ugly sideburns!


14 posted on 03/13/2025 6:01:56 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: strider44

He’s no longer IN the military.... he RUNS the military. Right behind POTUS.


15 posted on 03/13/2025 6:01:59 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: Mariner

I don’t know where you got that nonsense, replacing the men with females has been the most destructive force against the military that the left has ever had.


16 posted on 03/13/2025 6:04:18 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Mariner

Cue up a Judge who will tell the military that the “Code of Military Conduct” must be like the like that of the Salvation Army.


17 posted on 03/13/2025 6:14:18 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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Yeah, but his tattoos are not visible unless you shower with him.


18 posted on 03/13/2025 6:16:36 PM PDT by SandwicheGuy ("Man is the only pack animal that will follow an unstable leader." Cesar Chavez)
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To: ansel12

All part of the plan to destroy the warrior culture.


19 posted on 03/13/2025 6:16:45 PM PDT by Bigg Red (My long-time tagline has been removed and will be stored on my home page as it has proved true.)
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To: Fai Mao

Doubtful, at least in the modern era. A casual look at photos of WWI and WWII British soldiers shows mustaches to be rather uncommon.


20 posted on 03/13/2025 6:19:27 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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