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(37,089 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2025, 01:53 PM Jul 17

Pete Hegseth bans false eyelashes, certain fingernail polishes [View all]

'The war on wrinkles': Trump's DoD launches crusade against bad grooming - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2673290580/

President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has launched a war against bad grooming, according to a new report.

The battle was launched on the policy field, with Hegseth making numerous changes to the military's grooming standards. The new directives allow military members to receive laser hair removal treatments, which the government would pay for. They also prohibit military members from wearing eyelash extensions, restrict certain kinds of nail polishes, and impose a slew of seemingly arbitrary policies concerning uniform sleeves and cuffs.

All of which is being done “in support of Army readiness," according to the new directive.

Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein described the directive as Hegseth becoming the "self-appointed commanding general of the war on wrinkles."

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Pete Hegseth bans false eyelashes, certain fingernail polishes [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 17 OP

Yeah SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #1

Uh Huh atreides1 Jul 17 #3

Yes. This is a racist and sexist policy. yardwork Jul 17 #4

Racist and sexist how? SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #5

Ummmm.... everybody expresses their individuality. yardwork Jul 17 #10

Again, how so? N/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #13

One that I read about Nittersing Jul 17 #15

No, it hasn't been rescinded SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #18

??? Does that mean they have to get approval every year? nt Nittersing Jul 17 #19

Yes... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #24

I can give some examples. yardwork Jul 17 #17

Thanks for the response SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #22

Let's see how it's enforced. yardwork Jul 17 #33

Are we going to run out of white males? I mean Rollins wants 34 million to make sinkingfeeling Jul 17 #8

They're definitely in high demand! yardwork Jul 17 #11

iirc THERE ARE ONLY 2-3 MILLION US FARM WORKERS WarGamer Jul 17 #35

The rule could crimp JD's fashion style when he visits the Pentagon. nt allegorical oracle Jul 17 #32

More.. Demovictory9 Jul 17 #2

...and THAT's just the men! Totally Tunsie Jul 17 #6

Good thing he's not running the appearance of Fox News. sinkingfeeling Jul 17 #7

Folks like Trump and JD Vance would not pass muster in this man's Army. Midnight Writer Jul 17 #9

But that's white male makeup! That's ok. yardwork Jul 17 #12

Malicious Compliance: ret5hd Jul 17 #28

Please tell me that this never happened before, and certainly not in a Democratic administration... CTyankee Jul 17 #14

Cancel culture!!! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 17 #16

I can't figure out Figure 7.12 jmowreader Jul 17 #20

Air Force folks SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #23

That makes sense, thanks jmowreader Jul 17 #25

I was actually in the Air Force Wifes husband Jul 17 #34

The secretary of defense is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$246,400. CTyankee Jul 17 #21

Why does he know so much about nail polish and fake eyelashes? Irish_Dem Jul 17 #26

It would be more to Hegseth's credit if he would ban democrank Jul 17 #27

How about couch fucker's eyeliner? SheltieLover Jul 17 #29

And folks, this is not from The Onion or Borowitz. WestMichRad Jul 17 #30

that is so stupid and petty. What is wrong with eyelash extensions? ecstatic Jul 17 #31

For the Air Force... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 17 #36