Pete Hegseth's Directives: Restoring Military Standards and Warfighting Culture

Restoring the Department of War

• 🎯 The Department of Defense is being renamed the Department of War, with its sole mission being warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win.
• 🔑 The core principle is "peace through strength," emphasizing that only those willing to wage war to defend it deserve peace.
• ⚠️ Pacifism is deemed naive and dangerous, ignoring human nature and history.

Re-establishing Military Standards

• 📏 A new directive mandates that all combat MOS and designated combat arms positions must return to the "highest male standard".
• 🏋️‍♂️ All warfighters in combat jobs must execute their service fitness test at a gender-neutral, age-normed male standard scored above 70%.
• 📏 Height and weight standards, along with physical fitness tests twice a year, are now required for every member of the joint force at every rank.
• ✂️ Grooming standards are being enforced, with an end to beards and long hair, emphasizing a return to professional appearance.

Addressing "Toxic" Leadership and Culture

• 🚫 The era of "woke" ideology, DEI offices, and climate change focus in the military is over, replaced by a focus on the military as an instrument of national power.
• ⚖️ The definition of "toxic leadership" is being reviewed to empower leaders to enforce standards without fear of retribution, distinguishing between enforcing standards and actual bullying.
• 🔄 Standards that were altered since 2015, particularly to ensure females could qualify for combat arms, must be returned to their original, higher standard.
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