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Military● LowSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 4:04 PM

Service members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: Report

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

The Pentagon is reportedly requiring troops to meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards in order to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force” address later this month. The Wall Street Journal published a report Tuesday, quoting emails from the Pentagon to Army commanders, that said troops must have “impeccable grooming and…

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