However, part-time military members lack access to fitness resources even though they're held to the same standards as their active duty peers. In many cases, these troops are balancing two or even three jobs. And, unlike full-time force members, they don’t receive disability benefits if they are injured while training off-duty.

Pete Hegseth is said to have lost the respect of his senior officers after an “embarrassing” speech in which he railed against “fat troops” and the state of the US armed forces.

A rumor that circulated online in October 2025 claimed (archived) zookeeper and conservationist Robert Irwin filed a $60 million lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.  According to the story,

"Watch as Gavin Newsom shatters Pete Hegseth's 'Alpha Male Energy' in just 10 seconds. You won't believe what happens next! 😂

Was Pete Hegseth sued for $50 or $60 million along with a television network after an "on-air clash" with Robert Irwin or someone else? No, that's not true: A network of spam pages on Facebook put out dozens and

The first, and perhaps most obvious, hint that the story was fabricated was that Hegseth no longer works for Fox News.

As a former artillery officer who served in Vietnam, I consider Secretary of War Peter Hegseth the breath of fresh air that was needed at the Pentagon. Seen by some as just a television host, Hegseth was a graduate of the ROTC program at Princeton who commanded a platoon guarding detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

The US military bombed two more suspected drug smuggling vessels — this time in the Eastern Pacific — killing five “narco-terrorists” on board, War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed