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| Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says |
| 2025-09-16 |
| [AirForce Times] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pursuit of a clean-shaven military took its latest step Monday when the Pentagon announced that troops who require medical shaving waivers for longer than a year will face involuntary separation, according to an official memo. The announcement, which is dated Aug. 20, follows a force-wide review launched by the Pentagon in March to assess military grooming and fitness standards. In the memo, Hegseth mandates that troops who seek individual exemptions must receive final waiver approval through their unit commander, which can only be granted after a written recommendation from a medical officer. Service members granted waivers must then "participate in a medical treatment plan," the memo states. If medical treatment does not resolve the issue and a waiver is required beyond the one-year window, those troops will face separation. "I have full confidence in our leaders at all levels to provide an accurate assessment of whether retention is appropriate," Hegseth wrote. The Aug. 20 memo, which does not mention whether mustaches will be impacted, is the latest in a series of shaving regulation tweaks by the Pentagon this year. In March, the Marine Corps ordered Marines diagnosed with pseudofolliculitis barbae, which leads to unwanted bumps and painful ingrown hair from frequent shaving, to undergo medical reevaluation within 90 days to determine whether they still required a waiver. |
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