{
  "id": 7831971,
  "title": "Service members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/service-members-must-meet-weight-grooming-standards-for-hegseth-event",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:04:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6093072-hegseth-grooming-requirements-troops/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pentagon is reportedly requiring troops to meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards in order to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force” address later this month. The Wall Street Journal published a report Tuesday, quoting emails from the Pentagon to Army commanders, that said troops must have “impeccable grooming and...",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}