Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he is lifting the longstanding ban on service members carrying personal firearms on U.S. military bases, ending a policy that left America’s trained warfighters unable to defend themselves on their own installations.
Hegseth’s memo directs installation commanders to permit requests from service members to carry personal firearms on base “for personal protection.” The presumption, he made clear, favors the service member. “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves.”
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