Pete Hegseth expressed “serious concerns” about Beijing’s aggression towards Taiwan during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Friday.

The secretary recently told military leaders that those who disagree with him “should do the honorable thing and resign.” The words resonate for a reason.

The move expands the Trump administration’s efforts to use military personnel in support of its immigration crackdown.

NEW YORK (AP) — Armed with a 10-point plan and pacing a stage in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth enumerated for hundreds of assembled military leaders just how much of the force’s policy, philosophy and culture will change for more than 2 million Americans in uniform under President Donald Trump’s command.

Army leaders have trumpeted the success of the H2F program, which now has 71 teams in place across the active duty force, in creating fitter soldiers. The service plans to expand H2F to cover the entire Army, including the part-time soldiers of the National Guard and Army Reserve.

Although Hegseth has insisted that the US military resume strict discipline on beards, some units within it continue to grow them.

Bearded service member won’t be allowed to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he visits South Korea next week. He refers to those troops as “beardos.”

Rapid-response units to be trained up in use of batons and body shields to quell civil disturbances in U.S. cities, according to interal memo