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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a comprehensive review of "military fitness, body composition and grooming" across all branches of the U.S. armed forces. The directive, announced on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters alongside ... my Navy point of contact was always a young Black officer. Once I was in training — and under the tender care of Marine Corps ...

“The press in Washington might think I’m young,” Mr. Hegseth, 44, said in Stuttgart, when asked about his fitness routine. “But in military terms I’m old.” On Wednesday, he attended ...

Mr. Hegseth views those changes as part of a ... of Ia Drang in the 1992 best seller “We Were Soldiers Once … and Young,” which was made into the movie “We Were Soldiers” in 2002 ...

Hegseth’s orders do not apply to the NSA ... He is a graduate of Brigham Young University. You can follow him on Twitter at @JosephAddington.