“Because this job is life and death, standards must be met,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told military leaders Tuesday, declaring an end to the radical liberal ideologies that have weakened and infected the nation’s armed services.
“No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship, no more division, distraction, or gender delusions,” Hegseth said. “As I have said before and will say again: we are done with that s**t.”
SECRETARY OF WAR HEGSETH: “No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses."
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 30, 2025
"No more climate change worship, no more division, distraction, or gender delusions."
"We are done with that s***.” pic.twitter.com/rTBRjfzUSa
Physical standards will be gender neutral and designed to ensure personnel can perform the vital requirements of the job at hand, Sec. Hegseth said:
“When it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral. If women can make it, excellent.
“If not, it is what it is.”
???? BREAKING: Mass outrage is ensuing among Democrats because Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that military combat standards must be high, promotions must be based on merit and that members of the military must not be fat and out-of-shape or poorly groomed. pic.twitter.com/38c1nwyGAX
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 30, 2025
Attire must also gender-neutral attire and leadership must be apolitical, Hegseth said.
The goal should be to exceed the standards, not to ensure everyone passes by lowering them to dangerous levels, Sec. Hegseth said:
“Because this job is life and death, standards must be met.
“And not just be met: at every level we should seek to exceed the standard, to push the envelope, to compete – it’s common sense.”
And, if any military leader objects to his orders, he’s free to retire, Hegseth added.
???? BREAKING: In a major announcement, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announces the RETURN to MALE-ONLY STANDARDS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 30, 2025
"Each service will ensure that every requirement for every Combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest MALE STANDARD ONLY."
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