Pete Hegseth has ordered the ... needed to confront any adversary.' Hegseth introduced the new standards in an X post, writing: 'For far too long, we have allowed standards to slip.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2. - Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images ...

Mike Waltz and Pete Hegseth are under fire for the 'Signalgate'. The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to ...

In the "SNL" sketch, a group of high school girls were gossiping, only to discover Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Andrew Dismukes) had entered their group chat to discuss a raid on Yemen. After being ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth waits for the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at ...

(CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is not expected to attend next week’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, marking the first time since the group’s founding ...

FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responds to questions from reporters during a meeting with Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey at the Pentagon, on March 6, 2025, in Washington.

Female Marines go through one of the obstacles in the so-called confidence course May 27, 2020, at Parris Island Recruit Depot, S.C. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... policies on hair and beards.

Hegseth also said that the Pentagon will start to shift focus away from militant groups in the Middle East and Africa who are not currently carrying out attacks. The Washington Post said that some ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to ... The military has long had what is largely a two-part system for physical fitness standards: — Routine annual ...