Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year

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WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should get kicked out of the service. While commanders are still able to issue service members exemptions from shaving – a policy that has been in existence for decades – they will now have to come with a medical treatment plan, Hegseth said in an Aug. 20 memo made public Monday . Troops who still need treatment after a year will be separated from