"An internal email sent on Wednesday to the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, a key Air Force installation in Hampton, Virginia, obtained by The Advocate, confirms the order. In it, Col. Brad S. Huebinger, the wing's commander, wrote that "the Secretary of War has directed that all personnel will either watch the full recording or read the official transcript of his speech and review the policy changes no later than 31 October 2025.""
""The Secretary's speech was for the whole force, and this memo just reinforces that guidance," a Pentagon official told The Advocate, but he did not address why all generals and admirals had to come to the U.S. for the speech if it was being widely distributed anyway. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The message, distributed across the wing, shows that Hegseth's directives, issued in late September, are already being treated as binding orders."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered every member of the U.S. armed forces to watch or read his September 30 address to top generals. The Pentagon confirmed the directive and an internal email from Col. Brad S. Huebinger instructed personnel to view or read the transcript and review policy changes by October 31, 2025. The email included links to government websites and 23 pages of memoranda. The U.S. military comprises roughly 2.1 million personnel, including about 500,000 Air Force members. The directives reinstate pre-2015 combat-fitness standards, impose twice-yearly testing, and remove facial-hair and gender-expression accommodations.
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