Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired another shot in his personal war on facial hair in the armed forces.

The former Fox News host last month implemented a ban on “beardos” in the U.S. military, despite once begging the right-wing cable network to let him keep his “vacation beard” intact.

Hegseth, who has rebranded himself as Donald Trump’s “Secretary of War,” is currently on a tour of Asia with the president. The pair will meet Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday.

Hegseth will also attend an event at the largest U.S. military base in the world, Camp Humphreys, in South Korea this week. However facially-hirsute service members “with shaver waivers are NOT authorized to attend” Hegseth’s function.

The edict was reported by military outlet Task & Purpose, which

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