Pentagon to Screen Troops 30+ for Testosterone to Optimize Performance

The Pentagon will begin annual testosterone testing for service members aged 30 and older as part of periodic health assessments to “optimize” battlefield performance, with under-30 troops able to opt in. The program, framed as restoring and optimizing natural abilities rather than artificial enhancement, may allow testosterone replacement therapy at the service member’s discretion, though cost details were not specified and female troops were not addressed in the briefing.