Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of admirals, generals, and senior enlisted leaders to Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday to hear him announce a spate of personnel initiatives around physical fitness and grooming standards, the inspector general process, and mandatory training.

Some of the 10 initiatives flow from reviews Hegseth has ordered since taking the job in January, including gender-neutral fitness standards for combat jobs and exemptions to facial hair rules. Others take aim at processes that affect or have affected the secretary himself.

“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 assigned weapo

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