Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Friday that US military personnel will be “Fit Not Fat.”

Hegseth reposted the cover of a report in Military Times that said “two-thirds of reserve troops are overweight.”

Hegseth made it clear, that won’t work. “Completely unacceptable. This is what happens when standards are IGNORED – and this is what we are changing. REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT.”

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