U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth talks to the media during his visit to the headquarters of U.S. European Command and Africa Command at the Africa Command at Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The review will "illuminate how the department has maintained the level of standards required over the recent past and the trajectory of any change in those standards," he added.
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U.S. Army Capt. Kristen Griest participates in training at the U.S. Army Ranger School April 20, 2015, at Fort Benning, Ga. (Scott Brooks/U.S. Army via Getty Images)
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"Our standards will be high, uncompromising, and clear," he said in a Jan. 25 memo to service members. "The strength of our military is our unity and our shared purpose."
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