Pete Hegseth refuses to meet with bearded soldiers in South Korea

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth won t meet with any beardos serving in South Korea Facility members stationed in the Pacific lately received notice that enlistees with shaving waivers will not be allowed to attend Hegseth s upcoming Camp Humphreys rally according to military site Task Purpose Related Articles Not how any of us want to live Judge orders Boundary Patrol boss to court daily to analysis use of force US launches strikes on alleged drug-running boats in the eastern Pacific killing Vice President Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown California-based helicopter flying off USS Nimitz crashes in South China Sea Bay Area food banks wrestle with taking California National Guard help The former Fox News host arrived in Hawaii on Monday for a trip that will later take him to Japan Malaysia and Vietnam Korean station KBS World Radio noted Hegseth is scheduled to spend two days in South Korea beginning next Monday He not long ago summoned the nation s top military bureaucrats to Virginia where they heard their boss deliver a speech deriding soldiers with beards No more beardos Hegseth revealed during his late September address The era of rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles is done He described military brass that ignoring seemingly small matters like lax shaving habits can lead to bigger problems Hegseth also issued a Sept memo stating the military would only issue facial hair waivers for troops with certain anatomical issues such as pseudofolliculitis barbae a painful skin condition that s made worse by shaving Pete Hegseth joined Fox News in and participated in a television skit that featured a barber shaving Hegseth's vacation beard FOX The -year-old Pentagon boss served in the Army National Guard from to where he earned the rank of major He joined Fox News in and participated in a television skit that featured a barber shaving his vacation beard A letter from one viewer read during that segment contended that a man without a beard is like a lion without a mane That s how I feel Hegseth agreed The Minnesota native announced that he yearned to keep his facial hair but his TV bosses insisted it had to go