The Army rolled out the details of a policy that will allow soldiers under investigation for misconduct to be promoted, receive awards, and move to a new assignments, rather than see their careers frozen in place.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made the new approach to investigations a central tenet of a speech he delivered to senior officers Tuesday in Virginia.

“We’re making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records that will allow leaders with forgivable, earnest or minor infractions to not be encumbered by those infractions in perpetuity,” Hegseth told an auditorium of generals and admirals at Marine Base Quantico. “People make honest mistakes, and our mistakes should not define an entire career.”

The policy changes a long-standing practice of freezing

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