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." ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a “rapid” services-wide review of existing standards for military physical fitness ...

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

Locations set up across the country to give military entrance exams to potential recruits have been forced to close or reduce ...

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

After his first week on the job, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth canceled cultural awareness observances in the military, including Black History Month, Women's History Month and National Hispanic ...

Thousands of potential applicants -- including high school students -- may face challenges in taking the military's entrance exam after a pair of programs that put testers in high schools and remote ...

Opinion: The authors of this op-ed argue the U.S. military is only at its best when lethality works in concert with its ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the three fired ... that Hegseth had no contact with any of the three fired uniform military lawyers since he assumed his post.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent Friday morning working out in the snow with US forces in Poland — as new military ads reflect a renewed pride in power and strength. Hegseth, who arrived in ...