Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced a new policy aimed at curtailing the weaponization of discrimination complaints within the department.

Officially called “Restoring Good Order and Discipline Through Balanced Accountability,” Hegseth said he calls the reform “the no more walking on eggs shells policy.”

“Too often at the Defense Department, there are complaints made for certain reasons that can’t be verified that end peoples careers, either through EOs [executive orders] or the IG [inspector general],” he said in a Friday morning post on X.

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