# Where are all the "beardos" referred to by Pete Hegseth in his speech?

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**Created:** [October 24, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-beardos-referred-to-by-pete-hegseth-in-his-speech/1024265 "2025-10-24T23:15:48Z")\
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**Moderating**

Thread re-opened and moved to MPSIMS.

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> Thread re-opened and moved

Thanks!

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**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-beardos-referred-to-by-pete-hegseth-in-his-speech/1024265/24 "2025-10-30T00:24:43Z")

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Apparently Kegstand thinks the beardos are in South Korea.

> **[Pete Hegseth refuses to meet with bearded soldiers in South Korea](https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/28/pete-hegseth-no-beards-soldiers-south-korea/)**
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> Bearded service member won’t be allowed to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he visits South Korea next week. He refers to those troops as “beardos.”

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-beardos-referred-to-by-pete-hegseth-in-his-speech/1024265/25 "2025-10-30T00:35:43Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Apparently Kegstand thinks the beardos are in South Korea.

I feel like we’ve already covered this, but he just wants to avoid black men as much as possible.

[https://www.pacom.mil/Media/NEWS/News-Article-View/Article/4214387/new-us-army-korea-rotational-force-arrives-on-peninsula/#images-2](https://www.pacom.mil/Media/NEWS/News-Article-View/Article/4214387/new-us-army-korea-rotational-force-arrives-on-peninsula/#images-2)

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