Pete Hegseth goes to war against military beards, stresses ‘grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos’

fortune.com/2025/09/17/pete-hegseth-defense-department-beards-grooming-warrior-ethos

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should get kicked out of the service.
While commanders are still able to issue service members exemptions from shaving — a policy that has existed for…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-09-17 11:52:30.
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