Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth doesn’t appear to be letting go of his beef with facial hair anytime soon.
U.S. troops with facial hair reportedly have been barred from attending an event with Hegseth this week at Camp Humphreys in South Korea.
The restriction for troops was announced in an email purportedly sent by the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base in South Korea and was posted Sunday to an unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page.
The email, which an Air Force official confirmed to Task & Purpose, a news outlet focused on military reporting, noted that troops with “shaving waivers are NOT authorized to attend” the gathering.
“As you know, it is typical for senior leaders to visit the troops when they travel to installations around the world,” the official said in a statement to the news outlet.
