Secretary of State Pete Hegseth’s reshaping of the military includes the waistlines of American troops, from four-star generals to privates.

“I don’t want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape,” Hegseth told a gathering of the nation’s generals and flag officers Tuesday in Virginia. “Or in a combat unit with females who can’t meet the same combat … physical standards as men. Or troops who are not fully proficient on their assigned weapons platform or task."

“Or under a leader who was ‘the first’ but not the best,” Hegseth said, a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have been eradicated by the Trump administration.

Hegseth said military standards “must be uniform, gender neutral and high.

“Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations – o

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