Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives that he said led to decades of decay in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the ...

The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest and symbolic move that reflects mounting internal and political pressure over ...

Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before training in hand-to-hand combat at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., in 2023. (Stephen B. Morton/AP) ...

Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations — and frankly any formations — and see fat troops,” Hegseth said.

The United States Armed Forces maintain distinct physical fitness standards across its service branches, reflecting each ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touted the new name, the Department of War, saying "the era of the Department of Defense is ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth convened a meeting of top generals at the Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia, in what many news media outlets referred t ...

Addressing a rare gathering of top military leaders in Virginia, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Hegseth's new mandate also puts an emphasis on "gender-neutral" testing. Beginning in 2026, the Army's new fitness standards ...