(Sgt. Brahim Douglas/U.S. Army) In its process of weeding through nearly 2,000 weapons requirements documents amassed over decades within the U.S. Army, the service has removed over 400 outdated ...

Putting aside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s directive at the top of May for sweeping Army modernization, a three-star general in the service said it’s rethinking its requirements ...

According to the policy, any recruit who sought to join the Army was supposed to be, at most, only 8% above body fat requirements to enlist before training to comply with military standards.