India, July 16 -- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that all active-duty service members aged 30 and older will be required to undergo annual testosterone deficiency screening as part of their mandatory periodic health assessments, framing the sweeping new program as a wartime readiness measure and branding it with characteristic flourish by captioning his social media announcement video "The High-T Department of War."

Hegseth announced he is rolling out a new screening program for "testosterone deficiency" among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their "absolute best." The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members' required medical screenings for those 30 and older, with tr...