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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was left fuming after he discovered that multiple sailors were ignoring his demand that all service members be clean-shaven.
The macho image-obsessed Hegseth boarded a Navy ship in June for what was supposed to be a routine visit, CNN reported.
While aboard the vessel, Hegseth noticed that several sailors were sporting beards, a direct violation of the Pentagon’s demand that military personnel be clean-shaven, in keeping with Hegseth’s “warrior” ethos.
Hegseth was so outraged by rank-and-file troops ignoring his “no beardos” demand that, soon after the visit, he had Pentagon officials hold a series of meetings to remind subordinates of the defense secretary’s grooming preferences and other workplace changes.
“Want to bring to your attention that the SecWar is paying close attention to the progress of the EEO [Equal Employment Opportunity] reforms,” a Pentagon official emailed colleagues in June.
“In fact, the push is to move faster… there is a need to revamp some of our timelines.”
Hegseth’s clampdown on beards in the military has been central to the former Fox & Friends Weekend host’s campaign against what he sees as the “woke” decay of the armed forces.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-hegseths-staggering-beard-tantrum-exposed/