The review will include standards for physical fitness, body composition and grooming, including beards, which are currently not allowed in the military, apart from some religious exemptions, ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in January to review "in a gender-neutral way" readiness standards for troops.

Each branch of the military sets its own fitness and grooming standards, with new male Air Force recruits now allowed to have 26 percent body fat, up from 20 percent, and women 36 percent ...

In January, the U.S. Air Force announced it was updating its grooming requirements for men and women in the military branch. The new policy required male members to be “clean-shaven at all times ...

The review of grooming standards will also include the ... in particular saying that the inclusion of women in combat has led to lowered standards. The ban on women serving in combat roles was ...