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Troops with beards barred from Hegseth event in South Korea: Report

This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will not meet service members holding shaving waivers during his South Korea visit, an email from the 51st Fighter Wing and an Air Force official confirmed.
After a September 30 memo, Hegseth issued guidance reverting to pre-2020 standards, limiting waivers to temporary medical conditions like pseudofolliculitis barbae.
The Sept. 30 memo specified waivers are now temporary for medical conditions like pseudofolliculitis barbae , a painful skin condition common among Black service members and worsened by shaving.
Unit commanders were told to begin separating service members with shaving waivers after extended treatment, and the guidance dismantled the prior five-year waiver policy requiring shorter renewals, Hegseth ordered earlier this year.
As part of the Far East tour, Hegseth joined President Donald Trump on a trip including Japan, Vietnam and Malaysia, with his beard crackdown drawing notable media attention.

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