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Pete Hegseth's policies and actions affecting women's rights and women in the military, including advocacy for gender-neutral standards and restrictions on reproductive health access
Official, public-facing Department of Defense biographies and Pentagon-hosted historical pages list Pete Hegseth’s service assignments, deployments and some awards, while news outlets have published a...
Pete Hegseth deployed with the Army National Guard to Iraq and Afghanistan and has been awarded a Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge, honors that indicate service in a combat zone and exposu...
Pete Hegseth was not “kicked out” of the Army in the sense of a formal dismissal or dishonorable discharge; reporting shows he served in the National Guard through 2021 and was at times barred from sp...
Pete Hegseth served as an officer in the U.S. Army National Guard (including service with the Minnesota and New Jersey Army National Guard units), rising to the rank of major and deploying repeatedly ...