The Testosterone Agenda: Hegseth's Unproven Prescription for Military Might The Pentagon's new policy to screen US troops for low testosterone has been met with confusion and alarm.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing ahead with the programme despite a lack of concrete evidence linking low testosterone to military performance.
Hegseth justifies the screenings as necessary to allow service members to operate at their best, but this assertion glosses over the absence of rigorous scientific standards in support of his claims.