Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered senior Pentagon leadership to review how and why grooming standards, including beards, ...

Under the new guidance for Marines, commanding officers will approve exceptions to medical and grooming standards for medical ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with the apparent aim of making the military a stricter and less accommodating ...

Hegseth’s directive comes after the Biden administration loosened restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules for military service members, as well as body fat percentage requirements for ...

Under the Biden administration, the military relaxed restrictions on haircuts, facial hair and body composition requirements, ...

“My dad was in the military. He believed that a team should ... attractive the Yankees would be if they got rid of that facial hair rule. You wouldn’t believe how many quality players just ...

more Mike Axisa George Steinbrenner bought the team in 1973 and implemented the facial hair policy in 1976, which was strongly influenced by his military background. Steinbrenner passed away in ...

The New York Yankees' facial hair and grooming policy ... George Steinbrenner, who had a military background as lieutenant in the Air Force, implemented the grooming policy because he thought ...

The memo specifically highlights beards as an area of focus. Currently, military personnel can only grow facial hair with a waiver or exemption for a medical condition, religious accommodation or ...