JokersUpdates.com: Current Affairs - Instead of asking, ‘What are we doing with the military with this war?’ Pete Hegseth is saying ‘hey, let's talk about testosterone.'" Playboy spoke

with actual soldiers about  Hegseth. “His whole alpha male thing is super dumb.”

In a promotional clip posted on numerous social media platforms, Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared on Wednesday evening that the United States Military shall henceforth become “High-T” again. In the online video, Hegseth, staring straight into the camera and flanked by the American Flag, announced mandatory testosterone level screenings for all armed service members over the age of 30, including women.

“Our most decisive tactical advantage will always be the individual warfighter” Hegseth said to the camera. “Which is why we must always look for ways to optimize your performance, your resilience, and your long term health.”

The DOD secretary also announced that the screenings for testosterone would be available for service members under 30 years old as well, and that any recommended supplemental testosterone replacement therapy would be completely optional for all service members.

Though there are legitimate medical applications for testosterone replacement therapy, the timing of this announcement, with open conflict between Iran and the United States resuming just days prior, is extremely unconventional. According to former and current service members, it illustrates Hegseth’s seemingly limited view of the strategic and logistic requirements of the US military’s war fighting capabilities. In other words, he seems to believe that the only requirement for winning a war are huge muscled out guys with guns.

James Hatch, a former NAVY Seal who spent 13 years with Seal Team Six, told Playboy that he thinks the announcement is a distraction from the Trump administration’s war with Iran. “ Instead of asking, ‘What are we doing with the military with this war?’  Hegseth is saying ‘hey, let’s talk about testosterone, we need tough guys, we need the elite, and all that lip service ----.’”

While DoD secretaries are often focused on much larger strategic initiatives, Hegseth has repeatedly shown his willingness to regulate the nitty-gritty details of rank and file military life. Since taking over the DoD Hegseth has banned transgender troops, moved to ban beards for service members with skin conditions or religious exemptions, and also called a massive and exceedingly rare meeting of generals to announce revitalized fitness standards and call out “fat generals and admirals.” He’s also extensively posted fitness content across his social media platforms, including content with DHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., promoting what they call “The Pete and Bobby Fitness Challenge.” In interviews and during speeches, Hegseth has said that these cultural shifts will restore the military’s “warrior ethos.”

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