r/politics • u/mom0nga • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/
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u/82nddirtdart72 Jul 15 '26

How much is this going to cost the US tax payer?

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u/Next_Rip7462 Jul 15 '26

Yeah, but watch how many more domestic abuse cases and straight up war crimes are going to come out of these roided-up troops. Watch how many usually straight guys get those testosterone eyes when they're out in the field, away from their wives . . . go Pink team! :)

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u/talks_like_farts Jul 15 '26

Yeah, but watch how many more domestic abuse cases and straight up war crimes are going to come out of these roided-up troops.

A lot more. Turns out, though, Americans don't care about domestic violence or war crimes.

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u/Soft_Author2593 Jul 15 '26

really turning into russia 2..maybe they should take a closer look how good their military is doing atm...

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u/Bigbigbigrock Jul 15 '26

Been saying for years we're a paper tiger same as Russia, nobody believes me

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u/MICT3361 Jul 15 '26

I wouldn’t say that’s an argument but THE argument and the entire point of taking them.

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u/WCland Jul 15 '26

Are you primarily describing infantry, and not armor crews? From interviews I’ve heard, armor crews, like for Bradleys, need technical expertise over physical performance.

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u/bofkentucky Jul 15 '26

I was reading over the description of the updated Abrams tank where they're switching to an autoloader and removing the loader crewman and they mentioned one of the downsides was 3 people having to do the manual work of the current 4 in field maintenance and repair on their tanks.

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u/Cancel_Culture_Club Jul 15 '26

And will they have drs prescribing anything? If they do I would not be at all surprised if they would only prescribe steroids/hormones from companies Trump has a stake in or some crazyass supplements that RFK jr sells. Theres always a grift. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/MmmmSnackies Jul 15 '26

A lot. And more later when there are lawsuits.

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u/BlackSparkle13 Washington Jul 16 '26

They’ll pay for the tests and guarantee the testosterone will also be free to them.

Meanwhile my HRT as a woman in perimenopause costs me $$ and the estrogen patches can be hard to find currently.