US EditionHegseth orders review of medical conditions that disqualify recruits
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of medical standards for military enlistment to ensure safety and readiness, stating, "Applicants for military service must be physically and mentally able to perform their duties under the harshest of conditions".
- Concerns from the military community about the fitness of troops have prompted this review, focusing on medical waivers related to conditions like schizophrenia and heart failure, as well as the standards affecting physical fitness and grooming.
- Hegseth emphasized the need for high, uncompromising standards to ensure military readiness and effectiveness, promoting readiness and lethality as key goals.
- The review will examine how changes to standards since 2015 have impacted military readiness, allowing 30 days for Pentagon officials to assess the criteria and propose updates.
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Pentagon launches review of medical disqualification standards for recruits
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a directive ordering a top-down review of the medical conditions that disqualify individuals from joining the US military. The memorandum, signed April 24 and addressed to senior Pentagon leadership, sets in motion a 30-day evaluation of current medical waiver policies under Department of Defense Instruction 6130.03, Volume 1, which governs the […] The post Pentagon launches review of medical disqualificatio…
Hegseth orders review of medical conditions that disqualify recruits
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants individuals with certain medical conditions to be disqualified from joining the military, according to a new memo released Monday. “The standards for accession into the U.S. military are high, uncompromising, and clear,” Hegseth wrote in the memo, which was signed Thursday. “Young Americans seeking to serve in the greatest fighting force in…
Secretary of Defense Hegseth Orders Military Medical Standards Review
Secretary Hegseth’s review isn’t about politics—it’s about reminding the military that toughness, not tolerance, wins wars. #MilitaryReadiness #PeteHegseth #DefendTheStandards #WarfighterFirst #MilitaryStrength #LethalityMatters #RestoreTheForce #NoMoreSocialExperiments
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