Watch NBC6 free wherever you are WATCH HERE WATCH HERE“I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military National Guard, but military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon," Trump said. He said he would reinforce “gender-neutral” physical standards — the “highest male standard,” he said — referring to physical standards from the 1990s. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced new physical fitness and dress code standards during an address to military leaders on Tuesday. During the speech, Hegseth made it clear to those assembled that if they weren’t on the board, they could find the door. That admonition comes as Hegseth has already removed several senior officers, some black or female, and with little or no explanation.