Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency
Source: Guardian
The US defense secretary unveiled plans for a new screening program for testosterone deficiency among troops that will work to ensure service members have the right testosterone levels to perform at their optimal conditions in a video posted to X.
Im authorizing a new screening program for testosterone deficiency for our service members, ensuring you have the right testosterone levels to operate at your absolute best, Hegseth said in the video.
As we know, the modern battlefield is brutal and unrelenting, he added. It requires and demands maximum psychological and mental readiness, and by addressing these health markers early, were keeping you on the leading edge of lethality, and giving you the same level of support that you give this nation-the absolute best.
Warfighters aged 30 and above will undergo annual tests as part of their health assessments, while those under 30 can choose to opt in, Hegseth said. Treatment, including testosterone replacement therapy, is voluntary and aimed at restoring and optimizing natural capabilities.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth
See reply 1 for the idiot's video announcement.
highplainsdem
(64,023 posts)Botany
(78,474 posts)He already admitted to the fact as men age their testosterone levels drops but
how does that decrease a mans skill level of being a good soldier?
snot
(11,986 posts)live love laugh
(16,604 posts)tblue37
(68,491 posts)Ocelot II
(132,094 posts)Can soldiers get chest hair transplants, too?
ColoringFool
(1,614 posts)Exit his closet. Be true to himself.
Because there is no way on God's green Earth that he is not gay.
Biophilic
(6,858 posts)They just get sicker and sicker. Anyone who thinks this is an ok idea is just not right in the head.
underpants
(198,090 posts)out of the American fast food vaping video gamer remote control lot.
Im not picking on the kids, weve been like that for decades.
wnylib
(27,092 posts)PatrickforB
(15,574 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,794 posts)But vaccinations to protect against illnesses so they can perform without shitting up a lung is a violation of their rights? ok.
These fucks don't know if they're coming or going
Still need investigations into the mass illnesses with recruits and beyond because of this fuck
Aristus
(72,852 posts)And a lot of civilians in Germany, too. Pervetin, a commercially produced form of methamphetamine, was available over the counter in Germany until 1938. After that, one needed a prescription from a doctor. And you could usually get one just by asking.
The Wehrmacht gave Pervitin out in bucketloads to tank drivers, soldiers pulling days-long guard shifts, anyone who needed to stay awake, alert, and it was hoped, preternaturally aggressive.
For decades, historians and German veteran memoirists insisted that the troops astounding accomplishments in endurance and persistence were due to discipline, élan, and devotion to duty.
Nope. They were high as kites and stoned out of their minds.
purr-rat beauty
(1,794 posts)....and measuring dick length
These fucks are so freudian and freaky
RandySF
(88,867 posts)Grokenstein
(6,481 posts)He's REALLY excited to unleash the hordes upon the proles.
ColoringFool
(1,614 posts)The "crazy" scene in "Alice's Restaurant" at the Draft Induction Office, where the protagonist yells, "KILL! KILL! KILL!"---
is a positive depiction of a "warrior." Just like the military does in the movie.
ultralite001
(2,907 posts)I wanna kill, Kill, KILL...
Arlo Guthrie...
wnylib
(27,092 posts)maximum strength and fitness would be needed.
reACTIONary
(7,487 posts)....and how much strength does it take to pull a trigger?
wnylib
(27,092 posts)high testosterone levels in the belief that it will make them more aggressive, not for fitness on the battlefield.
He wants aggressive button pushers.
Justice matters.
(10,305 posts)Question is before or after the elections?
And a second question is for how long?
wnylib
(27,092 posts)The US military can defeat Cuba. It is weaker than Iran. I think that Trump believes that a US win in Cuba would boost his tough guy image to compensate for his disaster in Iran.
He can then claim to be the anti communist hero. He hopes it would boost his standing and help defeat Drms in the midterms, especially if he equates Dems with communism, as he keeps trying to do.
Justice matters.
(10,305 posts)(if they would dare accepting it) = "promised no new endless wars" "his adventures cost a trillion while cutting Medicare, Medicaid, diseases-preventing programs, food for the poor" et al.
Also "wants the Nobel Peace Prize while bombing foreign countries to distract from a million mentions in the Epstein files" et al.
They BETTER use this gift and more.
Bayard
(30,931 posts)I started laughing the minute I saw the headline. Thought it was The Onion!
Is he going to toss out anyone that doesn't meet his standard?
underpants
(198,090 posts)rampartd
(5,970 posts)have cooks and such all been sent to combat units?
Aviation Pro
(15,924 posts)There are cooks at Ranger regiment who are scrolled and tabbed.
The Blue Flower
(6,704 posts)The guy is truly sick. How long would it have been until Fox booted him?
KS Toronado
(24,423 posts)Sorry, until you get your testosterone levels up with the men it's a dishonorable discharge.
Mister Ed
(7,024 posts)Walleye
(46,024 posts)Walleye
(46,024 posts)We used to say ,this guy is high on his own supply
hlthe2b
(115,526 posts)I'd love for the women to gang up on him and beat the living shit out of him (but, no, I don't want THEM to suffer more--so just a temporary mental vision)...
Walleye
(46,024 posts)Turbineguy
(40,338 posts)Trump emptied the asylums to find this guy.
hamsterjill
(18,109 posts)Has anyone ever seen the movie "The Beastmaster" with Marc Singer? I had a huge crush on him when I was growing up, so I sat through anything he made.
In this movie, the bad guy takes his soldiers and turns them into crazed maniacs who will do whatever he commands. THIS is what this shit reminds me of.
electric_blue68
(28,212 posts)llmart
(17,809 posts)I'd bet he would flunk.
CharleyDog
(836 posts)inadvertently popped into my mind, I didn't want it, but now I see it. Thanks.
I mean why else is he so obsessed with his masc? and allegedly sexually violent against women. It all makes sense now, he's got the tiny tiny tiny tiny nothing burger in his own real estate.
Maru Kitteh
(32,181 posts)His testicles are probably the size of Crazins.
RandySF
(88,867 posts)Sequoia
(12,799 posts)What next...no sex before battle?
ashredux
(3,022 posts)He does not need a lot of testosterone
. It doesnt matter if he has a beard, it doesnt matter if hes slightly overweight
. He can kill a lot of people with a drone
.. and he was a teenage geek who played computer games all day long
.
Todays warfare is not just some macho bodybuilder with M-16s.
CharleyDog
(836 posts)coming soon (because "insurrectionists, terrorists, especially the left-wing" ) the National Guard
and the military jacked up, high on masculine power and their threats of violence
I'm sure Hegseth watches his favorite clips of Nazis beating/killing/raping on repeat
Wuddles440
(2,199 posts)is Pedo Don going to be subjected to this testing and the subsequent treatment for any deficiencies?
republianmushroom
(23,025 posts)And not one will have BONE SPURS, Pete.
Escape
(590 posts)Has he mentioned anything about inspecting and documenting penis dimensions?
dickthegrouch
(4,753 posts)At keeping the military ready for action. Or do they only fight in the summer?
3catwoman3
(30,411 posts)Scrivener7
(60,499 posts)I'd bet the house on it.
Every accusation is a projection and a confession.
CharleyDog
(836 posts)"testosterone, and why not steroid injections for everybody. Especially for ICE, let's jack them up and have a REAL civil war." -Hegseth probably
Response to CharleyDog (Reply #28)
littlemissmartypants This message was self-deleted by its author.
Lovie777
(24,765 posts)what could go wrong.
kacekwl
(9,351 posts)Steroid abuse right Pete.
AverageOldGuy
(4,454 posts). . . I read, see, or hear something that is absolutely indescribably stupid. This is one of those times.
I served 28 years in the Army, one tour in Vietnam. My son is a former Special Forces soldier.
My son and I both have advised his two boys that they are never, never, not ever to even think about military service. This bullshit just confirms our advice to my two grandsons.
WorseDayEver
(51 posts)General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No, I don't think I do, sir, no.
General Jack D. Ripper: He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago,
he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians.
They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no
longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist
subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap
and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: [very nervous] Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen... tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: [somewhat embarassed] Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
Pinback
(13,786 posts)
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
Lets hope the unprovoked nuclear attack remains fiction.
Norrrm
(6,305 posts)Next will be forcing semi-nude soldiers for Trump to admire and comment about.
Maninacan
(386 posts)I knew a man with zero testosterone that was forced thru puberty and is tougher than hell.
patphil
(9,405 posts)Next stop is anabolic steroids.
slightlv
(8,327 posts)will certainly aid him in kicking out women soldiers! That's been one of his main goals, anyway. Beyond that, the country is gonna have a buttload of over testosterone loaded men looking for bar fights, fights in general, domestic violence, and rape opportunities. I suggest women arm themselves as tho THIS is the battlefield, cause for us, it will be.
Damned this stupid "warrior" mentality mode... you get a lot more accomplished with cooperation than you do blowing everything up, including each other. I'll be so glad when this pendulum swings... and I hope it swings wide enough to hit them all upside the head!
Harker
(18,391 posts)Karasu
(2,513 posts)disturbing.
ColoringFool
(1,614 posts)Introduction · The "New German Man": Masculinity in Nazi Germany · Nazi Germany https://share.google/jDR33IAAL1cYqYDdv
Especially disturbing is the chapter on how ordinary men became propagandized into enthusiastic mass murderers.
Karasu
(2,513 posts)Orange Buffoon
(255 posts)Gets my vote for the most twisted phrase of the day.
ColoringFool
(1,614 posts)riversedge
(82,560 posts)So--will women in the military get testosterone or estrogen??
I want to laugh but this is so damn stupid --and dangerous!!--to the health of our service folks!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth
.....The Trump administration has decried the use of hormones in gender affirming care, including both testosterone and estrogen, as chemical and surgical mutilation. Hegseths announcement did not address the more than 231,000 women who serve as active duty service members in the US military.
According to research published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, young men are being aggressively targeted online by influencers and wellness companies promoting hormone tests and treatments as essential to being a real man, despite screening for low testosterone being medically unwarranted in most people in this age group.......................................
..............
ColoringFool
(1,614 posts)WorseDayEver
(51 posts)so not GOP
ananda
(35,984 posts)most of whom appear to have roid rage.
Chi67
(1,300 posts)This could e extremely dangerous for soldiers health. Is he insane? Well that was a stupid question
Klarkashton
(5,591 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,950 posts)tonekat
(2,614 posts)He's at War in his own mind, Technicolor fantasies of macho triumphs, and crew cuts for all!
twodogsbarking
(20,140 posts)FloridaBlues
(4,701 posts)Mz Pip
(28,565 posts)I thought Republicans opposed that.
ultralite001
(2,907 posts)Infertility
Increased risk of blood clots
Unusually high testosterone levels can even cause the body to turn the excess testosterone into estrogen the female sex hormone which can exacerbate clotting issues.
https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/does-testosterone-cause-cancer.h00-159780390.html
Auggie
(33,414 posts)usaf-vet
(7,893 posts)... a high testosterone level may be an indicator of possible prostate cancer.
Nor does he understand that for each troop on the battlefield, there is a support need.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth-to-tail_ratio?hl=en-US#:~:text=The%20tooth%2Dto%2Dtail%20ratio,soldier%20(%22tooth%22).
During Vietnam, it was considered 5-7 non-combatants for each combatant on the ground.
mgardener
(2,458 posts)What happens if a soldier does not want to take testosterone?
Will they be forced to?
You know, they don't want to be forced to take vaccines.
Could they be forced to take testosterone?
slumcamper
(1,796 posts)efhmc
(17,415 posts)jmowreader
(53,612 posts)I dont think Id want to be a company commander under the Town Drunk
your end-of-command-tour Officer Evaluation Report would be a shit show. Captain Smiths command tour was best known for having to sign Soldiers out of MP custody holds due to domestic violence incidents. While it is true that every single one of them had been put on high level testosterone doses by that fucking idiot currently pretending to be defense secretary and therefore Captain Smith is not being held responsible for this disaster, we cannot deny that it happened. I am recommending Captain Smith be rebranched to one where all the troops arent roided out so he can record a successful command tour. Hes a fine officer who didnt deserve what the Army did to him.
And
yknow, I find it a bit difficult to agree with him that hes the Manliest of All Men when he sought out, accepted and held for ten years a job requiring makeup wear. A lot of guys wear cosmetics; very few of them want you to believe they drag 32-foot oak logs uphill by their teeth for entertainment like this moron does.
mahina
(20,933 posts)I think so.
This is nuts, of course.
And dumb.
And damaging.
God in heaven, what we ask of our military.
maxsolomon
(39,590 posts)Listen to sports radio, you'll hear Testosterone testing and treatment advertised 3-4 times an hour.
You certainly shouldn't need it supplemented when you're 30.
no_hypocrisy
(55,950 posts)ExtraGriz
(554 posts)What's next?....is he gonna grab each men by the gonad and demand they turn left and cough?
Xipe Totec
(44,621 posts)Xipe Totec
(44,621 posts)70sEraVet
(5,820 posts)part of MAGA meant going back to the 1920's days of the 'Monkey Gland Doctor'!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Voronoff
(too sick to be funny)
I wouldn't advise ANYBODY to go into THIS military.
pat_k
(14,778 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(3,154 posts)Probably takes testosterone injections and yet gives off the least masculine vibe. This is the worst that our gender has to exhibit.
Fake bravado due to his inferiority complex which is very obvious. This guy is so f*cked up from childhood. He will never feel like a man no matter what he does. The tattoos, the weightlifting, the primping, the snug clothes, overly aggressive behavior, especially towards women and now probably testosterone. So many of the MAGA males are so fragile and they all want daddy T to love them. So much so they would do anything for him. Including risking prison. Sadly, they will never feel man enough to be secure. Which means, in private when alone with their thoughts they are fragile little monsters that know they'll always be weak. Weak of mind, of body and the essence of what makes a truly good real man. Just to name a few qualities, his humanity, his empathy, his vulnerability that allows him the ability to recognize these qualities not as weakness but as shared qualities with the one element he's trying to repel, women.
Without the ability to see women as his equal, he will always be the weaker, lesser gender.
I can see why so many men believe the earth is 6,000 years old. Evolution passed them over and they don't know it. But, we do. They are the guys that beat and rape women. That don't want to vote for a woman for President or hate anybody that isn't heterosexual, the guys that need a really big gun that fires a lot of bullets or in a holster on their hip, at a mall. The men that are scared of everything just but won't admit it.
Efilroft Sul
(4,510 posts)NickB79
(20,426 posts)
Rabrrrrrr
(58,375 posts)Holy Shit - it's so $*%^ creepy.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,385 posts)Tug hole, Attention, Cream, dismissed
Drum
(10,843 posts)maliaSmith
(230 posts)Hedgesuck is worrying about men's testosterone levels and ability to do what men do, while not promoting women. This ahole is worried about men being able to perform in the bedroom. What a cretin he is.
valleyrogue
(2,849 posts)Officers over 30 would more likely want to be career military, and therefore Kegsbreath wants to make sure women never get in a position to advance in the military.
Exp
(1,097 posts)Imperialism Inc.
(2,505 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,924 posts)Gets a screening for his low T ass.
Martin68
(28,462 posts)to be associated with lower testosterone levels. SEAL training is a major one. Having a family is another. It's a lot more complicated than the bros think.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,495 posts)Janbdwl72
(344 posts)However, this is the latest indication of how the Republican Party led by the Felon and Hogsbreath have strongly supported a number of measures, including this ridiculous idea, to basically strongly advocate, whatever new overly intrusive and oppressive measures they can possibly concoct to the workers or in this case, military personnel.
Any reports on the morale of the military in light of a number of outrageous rules that Hogsbreath has mandated?
Bristlecone
(11,303 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,442 posts)Will make men into monsters
Renew Deal
(85,561 posts)Hegseth guy is focused on the wrong things. He's a disgrace and will be a laughingstock for the remainder of history.
Warpy
(114,820 posts)in the medical field who I am sure have already tried to inform him on the wildly fluctuating levels in most men, levels that change from hour to hour.
These people are a bunch of mentally deficient children.
Attilatheblond
(9,586 posts)WTAF does the drunk at Defense spend his time on?
LudwigPastorius
(15,361 posts)Sekretär Hegseth can test them all for pure Aryan blood at the same time.
relayerbob
(7,466 posts)Crowman2009
(3,666 posts)Crowman2009
(3,666 posts)Frankly, the whole DoD can kiss my ass.
Iggo
(50,193 posts)Ive got a sneaky suspicion
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,495 posts)BidenRocks
(3,752 posts)Go ahead Pete!
Prohibition!
Blumancru
(453 posts)That chronic excessive alcohol consumption causes low testosterone levels.also, if you give too much of it, it can convert to estrogen. Testes will shrivel into tiny MAGA raisinettes. Happens to bodybuilders sometimes, along with gynecomastia.
As a heterosexual male I personally do appreciate breasts, but not to the point that I want to grow my own.