Hegseth Orders Mandatory Testosterone Screening, Optional TRT for Troops 30 & Older
The Pentagon will begin screening active-duty service members 30 and older for testosterone deficiency every year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday, framing the move as a readiness measure while leaving any resulting treatment up to the individual. The screening will be added to the periodic health assessment that troops already complete each year, Hegseth […]
Senators Seek to Block Hegseth Travel Funds until Pentagon Releases Report on Iran School Strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds until the Pentagon submits several overdue reports to lawmakers, including its investigation into a deadly strike on an elementary school in Iran at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war. According to an annual defense authorization bill, filed this week, much of […]
Pentagon Defends Latest Kid Rock, Hegseth Flight in Army Apache Helicopters
Kid Rock flew to Fort Belvoir, Va., on Monday and took part in Army Apache helicopter flights alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to Pentagon officials and flight tracking data. The Pentagon defends the flight. The visit comes weeks after Army aviators drew scrutiny for flying similar helicopters near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home and over […]
Hegseth Lifts Army Personnel Suspension Over Kid Rock Helicopter Incident
UPDATED 9:16 p.m. ET, March 31: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lifted the suspension that was announced earlier in the day. In an X post, Hegseth wrote: “Pilots [sic] suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots.” The U.S. Army has suspended the air crew involved in a viral helicopter incident near Kid Rock’s Tennessee […]
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening. Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024 […]
Alabama Military Base Redesignation Ceremony Set for This Week After Hegseth Orders Renaming
Fort Rucker is making its name change official Thursday – its second in two years’ time. An installation redesignation ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum at the newly-renamed Fort Rucker in Dale County. Only this time, the installation takes its name not from a Confederate figure but a World […]
Hegseth, Democrats Tangle over Troop Deployments to Los Angeles
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democratic lawmakers Tuesday over the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of National Guardsmen and hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles against state and local officials’ wishes to respond to anti-immigration enforcement protests. Amid the back-and-forth between Hegseth and Democrats at a House Appropriations Committee defense subpanel hearing, the Pentagon’s […]
Hegseth Suggests LA-Style Troop Deployments Could Happen Anywhere in US 'if Necessary'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Wednesday that the Trump administration could send troops to any city in America over the objections of state and local officials, as it is doing now in Los Angeles. During a Senate Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, asked Hegseth about the fact that the order […]
Hegseth Won't Say He'd Follow Court Order on LA Troop Deployment
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say Thursday whether he would follow a federal district court order if it rules that the Trump administration’s troop deployments to Los Angeles are illegal. “What I can say is that we should not have local judges determining foreign policy or national security policy for the country,” Hegseth said […]
Hegseth Orders End to Race Consideration in Admissions at Military Service Academies
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for admissions, according to a memo released Friday. The move appears to not only effectively end affirmative action efforts at the three military service academies, which were spared from a Supreme Court ruling on race-based admissions two […]