Hegseth pushes Pentagon to enforce stricter grooming standards despite pushback

Service members with pseudofolliculitis barbae (affecting 45-83% of Black men) and those with religious beard requirements face potential discharge under new enforcement policies.

Nine months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared an end to what he called a culture of lax appearance in the American military, the Pentagon has moved from rhetoric to enforcement — tightening grooming, weight, and fitness standards across all branches. At the center of the debate is a new policy limiting medical shaving waivers to one year, a measure that falls with particular weight on Black service members who suffer from a common and painful skin condition, and on those whose faith traditions require beards. The question now before the institution is an ancient one dressed in mode

Hegseth pushes Pentagon to enforce stricter grooming standards despite pushback

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