US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gathered numerous military officials on Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, for an in-person meeting to establish new directives, including implementing gender-neutral physical fitness standards and eliminating what he termed "woke" culture from the military. Hegseth criticized the practice of promoting leaders based on racial and gender quotas or for achieving "historic firsts." "The era of politically correct, overly sensitive don't-hurt-anyone's-feelings leadership ends right now at every level," Hegseth said. “I don’t want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape, or in a combat unit with females who can’t meet the same Combat Arms physical standards as men, or troops who are not fully proficient on their ass

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