The Air Force has issued new — and very specific — guidance on the length of airmen’s mustaches and sideburns.

Since August, Hegseth has implemented new grooming and fitness standards for the military to be aligned with his vision of proper military appearance.

U.S. troops with facial hair were barred from attending an upcoming event with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in South Korea ...

Pete Hegseth has taken his war against facial hair to the next level by refusing to meet with any troops sporting beards ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired another shot in his personal war on facial hair in the armed forces. The former ...

Army Capt. Tejdeep Rattan speaks at the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated in a speech this week that religion-based accomodation for shaving in the military may be on its way out.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has cracked down on shaving waivers since taking charge of the Pentagon in January.

After years of missing goals, the U.S. military’s recruiting slump has flipped. In FY2025 the Army hit its 61,000 target four ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth won’t even look at any soldiers with beards during his upcoming South Korean engagement.

The military has again been facing a recruitment crisis. While the numbers could be on the upswing, the shortfalls are still ...

According to Air and Space Forces magazine, soldiers in need of a religious exemption from shaving, like many Sikhs and Muslims, will be permitted to serve but flagged as “non-deployable,” which would ...