In the Four-Star Forum Wednesday afternoon at AFA’s Air & Space Conference, as the assembled generals were talking about what they’ve had to do to make ends meet—while refusing to cut combat readiness accounts—Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz offered a reminder: “People are dying; as long as people are dying, we’ll do what’s necessary, and we’ll do it well.”
Unit commanders are being told to separate service members who can’t shave their cheeks and chin for medical reasons for more than a year, according to new guidance from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.