United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a new initiative to introduce testosterone screening for U.S. military service members. The policy aims to monitor and assess the hormone levels of troops to ensure peak physical readiness and address potential health concerns within the armed forces. This measure reflects an increased focus on physical standards, health tracking, and overall combat effectiveness under the current leadership of the Department of Defense.
- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to introduce testosterone screening for military personnel.
- The initiative aims to evaluate the hormone levels of service members to optimize health and physical readiness.
- The policy aligns with broader goals to ensure peak combat effectiveness and physical fitness standards across the armed forces.
- Detailed guidelines and implementation timelines for the testing program are expected to be provided by defense officials.
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Oh, so, now they are FOR gender affirming care?? I don't get the fcking hypocrites…
Reminder that tes levels are heavily affected by bad diet and lack of working out; something modern societies are not addressing properly
diet, exercise and sleep are the foundations of a healthy mind and body; people always neglect the basics and fall to "easy" methods like pills
As the French say, ridicule does not kill you.
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Insurance pays for testosterone replacement when 3 tests show in the bottom 3 percent (maybe higher these days). So that is very rare. I assume their standard will be higher. Will it require multiple tests? Will it be paid for if higher? Different people react differently mentally. I would expect that more fights will occur.
Isn't this illegal to force personal to take injections that are not for medical purposes? The Covid injections caused a major backlash.
Are they aware of the Side Effects?
Hypogonadism, thickening of the heart walls, stroke, heart attack…
This is not The Onion, this is the United States of America 😂
That's what you get, when you put a TV guy in charge.
The US military is essentially a gigantic logistics operation, with a fairly small highly effective fighting force.
As an example, on an aircraft carrier, some 100 people go flying & shooting, while 5000 others do anything from nuclear reactor maintenance
to laundry.
A 'warrior spirit' is not the essential quality for those.
Sigh… I can’t say enough, based on studies. Why this is the most asinine thing. There’s no correlation between serum T and ability. Especially not when looking at being fit for active duty. In fact, cortisol reduces serum T, which those have been deployed, tend to have (high cortisol). Like come on. Such idiocy.
Testosterone shots are not safe!! As a medical doctor, I strongly advise against taking advise from non medical professionals online and using hormones without an endocrinologist recommendation! There are risks
How dare they give them the Covid shot!
It's more difficult to make older soldiers go along with illegal orders. It's not a testosterone test, it's a blind loyalty test.
3:46 look at the whale exiting the helo, will he get a T test?….
Maybe they should start testing for alcoholism instead
Has Hegseth been tested? How about Hegseth taking a lie-detector test?
How about they test Hegseth's blood alcohol level? 😂
These are the folks worried about flu vaccines?? Teenagers holding back puberty?? I've got a chuckle coming on!!
When is Trump going to take some bleach shots in his veins to show us how it cures everything everything?
Next, Pete Hegseth will be wanting to issue swords and shields to his 'warriors'.
These people running the USA are nuts!
But when trans people are prescribed HRT it’s medical malpractice, right.
This is a fairly common lab test often included in a routine screening. 😃
Literally socialist gender affirming care. They won’t get the irony. The stupidity of this administration is just insane
Most millennial and new generations in the first world, had a serious lack of testosterone levels, besides others deficiencies.
😂😂😂😂 Voi USA state diventando una barzelletta 😂😂😂😂
Hegseth is projecting.
So they don't stop violating women in wars?
low T for a man in their 30's points to other problems that need to looked into, or do you don't believe in blood work and cancer screenings.