According to the U.S. "Congress Hill" local time on the 13th, a photo of a seemingly overweight soldier arrived in Illinois sparked online discussion and ridicule, the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hergershith is "pronouncing" an initiative of the Texas local military department, namely the replacement of part of the Texas National Guard in Chicago, Illinois.

Hergersh wrote on social media platform X on Friday that ¡°[the war ministry] has returned to its standards,¡± adding a report about the above-mentioned troop replacement incident, in which a spokesman for the Texas local military department revealed that ¡°a small portion¡± of the 200 National Guard personnel deployed to Illinois had been replaced because they were found not to meet specific criteria.

"In less than 24 hours, the Texas National Guard was mobilized to carry out federal protection missions." "The rapid response made it necessary to conduct a simultaneous verification process, during which we identified a small number of soldiers who did not comply with regulations and have replaced them," the spokesman said.

Reported that the local military department of Texas has not yet responded to the above news.

On September 30th, local time, at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, USA, nearly 1,000 active U.S. generals stationed around the world were urgently recalled. Hegseth announced at the meeting that the US military must make major reforms to comprehensively eliminate the "diversification policy" (DEI) that weakens the lethality of the "Department of War". In his reform measures, he made strict requirements on appearance. "Frankly speaking, it is really boring to see fat soldiers in combat formations or any formation. Similarly, it is totally unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon... We have to cut our hair short, shave and strictly abide by uniform standards."

In early October, at the order of U.S. President Trump, hundreds of Texas National Guard members were sent to Chicago to respond to civil protests against the government's immigration policy. A photo taken by an Associated Press reporter on October 7 showed several bloated soldiers arriving in trucks in the suburbs of Chicago. This photo triggered ridicule from American netizens. Some netizens said that no one in the photo met the standards mentioned by the U.S. Defense Secretary. On October 9, the U.S. National Guard issued a statement saying that all active-duty U.S. military personnel must meet height, weight and physical fitness standards."Compliance verification will be carried out when mobilizing active-duty personnel. If individual members are found to do not meet the requirements, they will be replaced by qualified personnel and will not be dispatched with the army." At the same time, a federal judge in Illinois signed a two-week temporary restraining order on the same day, preventing the federal government from sending hundreds of National Guard members to Chicago.