India, Sept. 30 -- Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds of generals and admirals from across the world at Quantico on Tuesday, introducing several changes to the US military systems. In a strong statement, the 45-year-old declared 'no more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression' in the forces. He further called for stricter testing.

However, social media users were quick to bring up Hegseth's pull-up videos, mocking the Defense chief.

"Me realizing Pete Hegseth might have finally achieved one real pull up by now," one person wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

"So Pete Hegseth is calling for a summit of generals and other top ranking military officials to speak to them about the warrior...