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The War Department showed off photos of War Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> working out with U.S. troops stationed in Malaysia, vowing America’s soldiers will be “fit, not fat.”<\/p>\n

“Secretary Hegseth joined our warriors for morning PT in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,” the DOW’s rapid response account wrote on X<\/a>. “From the top down, we will be FIT, NOT FAT!”<\/p>\n

The images come just one month after Hegseth announced that all combat personnel would be required to meet the highest male physical standard in order to maintain their positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the Sept. 30 presentation at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Hegseth called on the department to “restore a ruthless, dispassionate and commonsense application of standards.”<\/p>\n

‘COME-TO-JESUS MEETING\u2019: MILITARY COMMUNITY REACTS TO HEGSETH’S GET FIT, GET IN LINE OR GET OUT SPEECH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The secretary said that as part of the new mandate, “every member of the joint force at every rank is required to take a test twice a year, as well as meet height and weight requirements twice a year, every year of service.” Additionally, members of the joint force will be required to do PT [physical training] every duty day, something Hegseth said is standard in many units but would be officially codified.<\/p>\n

“If the Secretary of War can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force,” he said.<\/p>\n

HEGSETH INSTATES ‘HIGHEST MALE STANDARD ONLY’ FOR COMBAT, OTHER CHANGES, DECLARING DEPT OF DEFENSE ‘IS OVER’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hegseth railed against “fat troops” and “fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon<\/a>,” arguing that physical standards for American service members had eroded, and it was time to raise the bar.<\/p>\n

In September, President Donald Trump issued an executive order turning the Department of Defense back into the Department of War<\/a>. In the order, Trump said that the founders chose the department’s original name “to signal our strength and resolve to the world.”<\/p>\n

When Hegseth unveiled the new physical requirements,<\/a> just weeks after Trump issued his order, the secretary declared “the era of the Department of Defense is over.”<\/p>\n

“From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: war fighting. Preparing for war and preparing to win,” Hegseth added.<\/p>\n

In response to a request for comment, the Pentagon referred Fox News Digital to Hegseth’s social media posts and his speech at Quantico.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hegseth-works-out-us-troops-malaysia-war-department-vows-we-fit-not-fat <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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