Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency

[highplainsdem]

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.

“I’m 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, we’re 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

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See reply 1 for the idiot's video announcement.

[highplainsdem]

1. Hegseth's video announcement:

Link to tweet

[Botany]

122. Fucking mouth breathing idiot

He already admitted to the fact as men age their testosterone levels drops but
how does that decrease a man’s skill level of being a good soldier?

[snot]

2. Can we also test for testosterone excess?

[live love laugh]

111. Clearly they want excess testosterone.

[tblue37]

118. Some soldiers are women. Does Hegseth know that?

[travelingthrulife]

124. Not if he can help it.

[Ocelot II]

3. I thought this was going to be The Onion!

Can soldiers get chest hair transplants, too?

[ColoringFool]

37. TOTALLY Sounds Like The Onion!! Hegseth Needs To......

Exit his closet. Be true to himself.

Because there is no way on God's green Earth that he is not gay.

[Biophilic]

4. I am really amazed. No fiction writer could have thought this up.

They just get sicker and sicker. Anyone who thinks this is an ok idea is just not right in the head.

[underpants]

17. Sounds like a sci-fi novel of creating Super Warriors

out of the American fast food vaping video gamer remote control lot.

I’m not picking on the kids, we’ve been like that for decades.

[wnylib]

47. der Ubermernsch. What else could we expect from a Nazi regime?

[PatrickforB]

70. Next Hegseth will be putting them on meth, like the Nazis did some of their soldiers, especially the Waffen SS. n/t

[purr-rat beauty]

83. There's got to be a gateway

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]

110. It wasn't just the Waffen SS. It was most of the Army.

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]

84. Next...weighing testicles

....and measuring dick length

These fucks are so freudian and freaky

[RandySF]

5. I foresee a rise in domestic violence and other complaints around bases.

[Grokenstein]

15. "we're keeping you on the leading edge of lethality"

He's REALLY excited to unleash the hordes upon the proles.

[ColoringFool]

39. Fellow Psychopath To Trump. I Can See Hegseth Thinking......

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]

61. As you wish...

I wanna kill, Kill, KILL...
Arlo Guthrie...

[wnylib]

51. And yet, they are fighting air wars, not ground wars where

maximum strength and fitness would be needed.

[reACTIONary]

57. Exactly.....

....and how much strength does it take to pull a trigger?

[wnylib]

59. So Hegseth wants military personnel to have

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.]

107. That fascist is planning ground troops in Cuba.

Question is before or after the elections?

And a second question is for how long?

[wnylib]

108. My guess is before elections.

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.]

109. That would give all Dem candidates a free publicity gift

(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]

6. And the women?

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]

13. "War fighters" I'm guessing only Combat Arms.

[rampartd]

26. he call the all "war fighters"

have cooks and such all been sent to combat units?

[Aviation Pro]

40. Yes

There are cooks at Ranger regiment who are scrolled and tabbed.

[The Blue Flower]

56. He's already throwing out the women

The guy is truly sick. How long would it have been until Fox booted him?

[KS Toronado]

90. That's what this is all about, kicking the women out

Sorry, until you get your testosterone levels up with the men it's a dishonorable discharge.

[Mister Ed]

7. I imagine women in the service will be deemed to be testosterone-deficient. n/t

[Walleye]

10. This is how he will bully his way around title nine

[Walleye]

8. Does that include the women? I had to look to see if it was the Onion

We used to say ,”this guy is high on his own supply”

[hlthe2b]

9. I thought this was the Onion when I first saw it. What an insecure, yet dangerous moron.

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]

14. That does sound satisfying. Would make a good scene in a movie.

[Turbineguy]

11. For some reason women will test poorly.

Trump emptied the asylums to find this guy.

[hamsterjill]

12. Yet Biden was encroaching on service members' rights by making COVID vaccines mandatory?

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]

117. Hahaha he was pretty sexy...only saw a bit of Beastmaster later on - I saw him in the Original V

[llmart]

16. Let him take the test first.

I'd bet he would flunk.

[CharleyDog]

29. the thought of his tiny shriveled you-know-whats

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]

86. Guy has been the avatar for roid rage for probably a couple decades.

His testicles are probably the size of Crazins.

[RandySF]

18. Is Pete a closet case?

[Sequoia]

19. I thought this would be an Onion article

What next...no sex before battle?

[ashredux]

20. Pete: a rather small soldier, sitting in a closed dark area, flying a drone that is 1000 miles away,...

He does not need a lot of testosterone…. It doesn’t matter if he has a beard, it doesn’t matter if he’s 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….

Today’s warfare is not just some macho bodybuilder with M-16’s.

[CharleyDog]

35. Be afraid of ICE, be afraid of police, and

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]

21. As the "Commander-in-Thief" of our "warriors"...

is Pedo Don going to be subjected to this testing and the subsequent treatment for any deficiencies?

[republianmushroom]

22. Fear not whiskey Pete, all of them will have a higher count than yours.

And not one will have BONE SPURS, Pete.

[Escape]

23. Petey seems really obsessed with masculinity...

Has he mentioned anything about inspecting and documenting penis dimensions?

[dickthegrouch]

24. Wouldn't flu shots be more effective?

At keeping the military ready for action. Or do they only fight in the summer?

[3catwoman3]

25. Kegsbreath should be tested for intellectual and moral deficiencies.

[Scrivener7]

27. One thing this tells us is that Pete has low testosterone.

I'd bet the house on it.

Every accusation is a projection and a confession.

[CharleyDog]

28. Hell, let's just give them all

"testosterone, and why not steroid injections for everybody. Especially for ICE, let's jack them up and have a REAL civil war." -Hegseth probably

[Lovie777]

30. Experimental testing......................

what could go wrong.

[kacekwl]

31. The top leader should be tested for

Steroid abuse right Pete.

[AverageOldGuy]

32. From time to time . . .

. . . 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]

33. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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]

55. Brilliant scene from a brilliant movie

General Jack D. Ripper: Women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.

Let’s hope the unprovoked nuclear attack remains fiction.

[Norrrm]

34. Already mentioned but worth repeating.... test the Commander In Chief?

Next will be forcing semi-nude soldiers for Trump to admire and comment about.

[Maninacan]

36. Zero Testosterone

I knew a man with zero testosterone that was forced thru puberty and is tougher than hell.

[patphil]

38. Warfighters? What would expect from the Secretary of War?

Next stop is anabolic steroids.

[slightlv]

41. Well, demanding a certain level of testosterone

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]

42. I'd bet that Hegseth huffs his armpits.

[Karasu]

43. Republicans are fucking ridiculous. This modern obsession of theirs with testosterone levels is insane as it is

disturbing.

[ColoringFool]

44. Nazis and the Cult of Super-Masculine Soldiers (Must-Read)..............

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]

76. Kegsbreath hasn't exactly been subtle about his influences here.

[Orange Buffoon]

45. "the leading edge of lethality"?

Gets my vote for the most twisted phrase of the day.

[ColoringFool]

49. Very poetic line, but as sick as it gets.

[riversedge]

46. .....The Trump administration has decried the use of hormones in gender affirming care, including both testosterone and

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”. Hegseth’s 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]

50. One goal is .....no women.

[WorseDayEver]

58. a gay heaven then ?

so not GOP

[ananda]

48. He's jealous of ICErs...

most of whom appear to have roid rage.

[Chi67]

52. Whoa!

This could e extremely dangerous for soldiers’ health. Is he insane? Well…that was a stupid question

[Klarkashton]

53. While he is screening gay porn films

[no_hypocrisy]

54. Precious Body Fluids

https://m.

&pp=ygUhRHIgc3RyYW5nZWxvdmUgKyB2aXRhbCBzZWNyZXRpb25z&ra=m

[tonekat]

60. Hegseth has a Comic-Book Mentality

He's at War in his own mind, Technicolor fantasies of macho triumphs, and crew cuts for all!

[twodogsbarking]

62. This sounds like a test for male porn stars.

[FloridaBlues]

63. 2 more years cant get here fast enough get rid of all these trumpers

[Mz Pip]

64. Gender affirming care

I thought Republicans opposed that.

[ultralite001]

65. Side effects of too much testosterone include:

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]

69. and Prostate Cancer

[usaf-vet]

66. What is this Fing idiot going to do with men with high testosterone numbers? My guess is he doesn't understand...

... 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]

67. Anybody ask

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]

68. N/T. Bridge TOO FAR. We are in VERY DEEP Orwellian waters. Hope peeps wake the fuck up and revolt.

[efhmc]

71. Such a great reflection of his own inadequacy.

[jmowreader]

72. I suspect "voluntary" won't be so voluntary in a year

I don’t think I’d want to be a company commander under the Town Drunk…your end-of-command-tour Officer Evaluation Report would be a shit show. “Captain Smith’s 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 aren’t roided out so he can record a successful command tour. He’s a fine officer who didn’t deserve what the Army did to him.”

And…y’know, I find it a bit difficult to agree with him that he’s 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]

73. Did someone invest in supplements? Do people have to take it forever once they start testosterone supplements?

I think so.

This is nuts, of course.

And dumb.

And damaging.

God in heaven, what we ask of our military.

[maxsolomon]

75. The Manosphere is obsessed with T levels. JFK Jr. is hyped on it.

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]

77. After you, Petie Boy! Hope you're not deficient.

[ExtraGriz]

78. He definitely has a thing for gonads!

What's next?....is he gonna grab each men by the gonad and demand they turn left and cough?

[Xipe Totec]

79. Putting the gone in gonads. They'll be shriveled prunes by the time they leave service. nt

[Xipe Totec]

80. And the female soldiers? nt

[70sEraVet]

81. Who would have thought that the "... Great Again"...

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]

82. Serious mental illness.

[Buddyzbuddy]

85. This sure explains a lot about Kegsbreath.

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]

87. Nutcase obsessed with nut sacks.

[NickB79]

88. How Hegseth expects US troops to look

[Rabrrrrrr]

89. Why are MAGA so obsessed with genitals and sex and such?!

Holy Shit - it's so $*%^ creepy.

[WA-03 Democrat]

91. Master debaters line

Tug hole, Attention, Cream, dismissed

[Drum]

92. ...says the guy who had to have a hair/makeup room installed at the Pentagon?

[maliaSmith]

93. Hedgesuck

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]

94. This is about sex discrimination against women. Nothing more, nothing less.

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]

95. Hey Kegsbreath! How about a friendly game of CHESS! I can't wait to Fuckin' KICK YOUR ASS !!! BOZO !!! eom

[Imperialism Inc.]

96. I thought gender affirming care was bad.

[Aviation Pro]

97. I hope the failed infantry officer and tabless beyotch

Gets a screening for his low T ass.

[Martin68]

98. Hegseth should be a screened for a deficiency in brain cells. There are many things that have been scientifically proven

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]

99. Just when you thought he couldn't be more stupid

[Janbdwl72]

100. It used to be a very routine thing for Democrats to be accused of being in favor of tighter state controls in all areas.

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]

101. This country is a complete nut house.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

102. Too much testosterone

Will make men into monsters

[Renew Deal]

103. Flying drones is brutal and unrelenting

Hegseth guy is focused on the wrong things. He's a disgrace and will be a laughingstock for the remainder of history.

[Warpy]

104. Wow, and that fuckwit will likely not listen to specialists

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]

105. Ummm, so, if number is low, are they gonna provide 'gender affirming' supplements?

WTAF does the drunk at Defense spend his time on?

[LudwigPastorius]

106. Great.

Sekretär Hegseth can test them all for pure Aryan blood at the same time.

[relayerbob]

112. He needs to be tested for brain cells, blood alcohol and STDs

[Crowman2009]

113. How about a daily sobriety test for Kegsbreath?

[Crowman2009]

114. Pile that on for another reason not to enlist!

Frankly, the whole DoD can kiss my ass.

[Iggo]

115. Test Hegseth.

I’ve got a sneaky suspicion…

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

116. Does he want to start his own Theban Band?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes

[BidenRocks]

119. Testosterone will rise without alcohol!

Go ahead Pete!
Prohibition!

[Blumancru]

120. Someone needs to tell him

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That chronic excessive alcohol consumption causes low testosterone levels. Also, if you give too much t, 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.

[raccoon]

121. Kegsbreath must have just seen this 1977 movie, SHOCK WAVES.

?si=7oWNLY8_By4QxAdU

[travelingthrulife]

123. Whiskey Pete has some serious mental health issues.