Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pursuit of a clean-shaven military took its latest step Monday when the Pentagon announced that troops who require medical shaving waivers for longer than a year will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Navy officer administers the Oath of Enlistment to a group of future sailors. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has released a memo ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth updated a list of conditions that disqualify potential recruits from serving in the armed forces. Here, Hegseth attends a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the military services continue to grapple with a recruiting crisis, a Pentagon watchdog report notes that each branch could do ...

A pilot program initiated in April that gives Army doctors at military in-processing facilities broad authority to grant waivers for 147 low-risk medical conditions has gone so well that the service ...

The new face of the military will be one without facial hair, even if that means enduring painful razor bumps. Service members who require a medical shaving waiver for more than one year must be ...

J-1 exchange visitors, often Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs), who receive graduate medical education or training in the U.S. are subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement under Section ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, Monday, July 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo ...