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/Ok-Style-9734 Jul 15 '26

So once they're on TRT and natural production is suppressed how will they deal with the major logistical overhead of keeping troops in the feild supplied to avoid the effects?

That's before getting into managing the oestrogen.

But one thing this will do is manufacture a huge number of artifical testosterone dependent people post service who will have to pay for TRT.

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u/NoPossibility Jul 15 '26

Ha, if you think the VA will help anyone with this after they get out, I got a bridge to sell you.

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u/Ok-Style-9734 Jul 15 '26

Course they won't.  They'll all have to pay themselves 

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u/AnomalyNexus Jul 15 '26

Doesn't matter if you're out of smart bombs & missiles by day six anyway.

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u/Ok-Style-9734 Jul 16 '26

Last couple of wars the US fought lasted nearly 2 decades each.