Pete Hegseth announces major military changes and ends DEI programs

War minister Higseth House On Tuesday, all combat employees will be asked to meet the highest male level in order to maintain their locations.

Higseth said that the administration must “restore the application of ruthless standards, and the standards.”

“We are training warriors, not defenders. We are fighting wars in order to win, not for defense. Defense is something you do all the time, it is retroactive by nature and can lead to excessive use, transgression and crawling.

Higseth orders around the face on the criteria for the Pentagon

“We are fighting to win. We unleash Hing and the punishment for violence over the enemy,” he said. “We are also not fighting with stupid rules of engagement. We lose the hands of the war men to intimidate, frustrate them, hunt them and kill the enemies of our country. There is no more political engagement rules in a political point of view, just, just a healthy sense, the maximum opening and power of war fighters.”

The Minister of War, Beit Higseth, speaks to senior military commanders at the Buste Corporal Base, Virginia, on September 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters)

The secretary said that now every member of the joint force is required in each rank to take a test twice a year, as well as meet the requirements of length and weight twice a year, every year of service. In addition, the members of the joint power will be asked to do b [physical training] Every day, something Higseth said is standard in many units but will be officially blocked.

“If the Minister of War managed to perform a high high time, then every member of our common strength,” he said.

Higseth made the “fatty forces” and “Semiine and Admiral’s generals in Pentagon halls“On the pretext that the material standards of American service members had eroded, and it was time to raise the tape.

Higseth pledged to rebuild military deterrence so that they do not want the enemies “with us”

War Minister Beit Higseth is participating in the Labor Party with the first battalion, the tenth Special Forces Group (mobile air), a special forces battalion of the American army based in Stuttgart, Germany. (Defsec HegSeth on X)

Higseth noted that any changing material criteria – including those that changed in 2015 “when combat weapons criteria were changed to ensure that females qualify” – should return to their original form. He said this also includes criteria that he claimed “was manipulated to strike racist classes,” called “unacceptable.”

While he said that the new condition is for the forces to meet at the highest male level, Higseth insisted that this step was not aimed at preventing women from serving their country.

“This is not a matter of preventing women from serving. We greatly appreciate the influence of female forces. They are the enormous officers and meats are the best in the world. But when it comes to any job that requires physical strength in the fighting, these material standards must be high and neutral between the sexes. If women can make them excellent.” If this means that there are no qualified women for some combat jobs, then be. This is not intent, but this may be the result, so be it. This also means that we mean that weak men will not qualify because we do not play games. This is the fighting. This is life or death. “

Higseth also announced the criteria for new grooming. The forces are now expected to be a clean haircut and have a uniform haircut. Soldiers can obtain temporary medical exemptions or permanent religious exemptions for shaving rules.

“We will cut our hair, shave our vehicle and catch the standards. Because it resembles the broken Windows the theory of the police, it seems as if you were to let the little things go, and big things go at the end,” said Higseth. “If you want a beard, you can join special forces. If not, then get.”

Special forces beard exemptions aim to help them better integrate with some societies and civilians, according to non -profit organizations. Warrior wounded.

The army declared In July, “The new policy requires exemptions for non-religious reasons to support it through a temporary medical profile (DA 3349-SG) and an exception note to the ETP policy granted by O-5 employee in the driving chain.”

The Minister of War, Beit Higseth Yahya, commander of the commander at the Army’s War College, David Hill, arrives at statements to students, faculty members and employees at the US US War College on April 23, 2025 in Carlis, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Lietsch/Getty Images)

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The other part of the transformation announced by Higseth included other steps to clarify the “toxic ideological garbage” of the department.

“No more identity, Di [diversity, equity and inclusion] Offices, men in dresses. No more climate change worship. He said: “There is no more division, distraction, or sexual illusions, as I said before, and I will say again, we have finished it.”

More condemnation of sadness in the army, Higseth has announced the main changes aimed at providing second leaders. He said that the Ministry of War was well aware that errors would be made with new directives, and in this way, he will also make changes to keeping harmful information about employee records. This means that the leaders who have violations are “tolerance, serious or simple” for their records will not spend the rest of their career to pay the price of these mistakes, which allows them to control without fear.

War Minister Beit Higseth is speaking to senior military commanders at the QUANTICO naval base, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP)

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During his speech on the military leadership, Higseth explained that the re -establishment of the Ministry of War was more than a change in the name; It was also a major shift in politics.

“era Ministry of Defense It is over, “I announce.” From this moment forward, the only task of the newly restored Ministry of War is: fighting war. Preparing for war and preparing for victory. “