As just recently as 2019, U.S. military health scientists had issues about testosterone levels amongst the soldiers. Their concerns were not that male service members didn’t have enough of the hormonal agent, as present Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth worries. Rather, professionals fretted about the soldiers’ unsuitable usage of testosterone replacement treatment (TRT), the practice of utilizing injectables or gels to increase an individual’s flowing testosterone.

“Out of every 1,000 male service members, almost 3 are inappropriately receiving TRT,” scientists composed in a report released on Health.milthe armed force’s health system site. (That report is readily available on the Wayback Machine)