Hegseth signs memo allowing military personnel to carry personal sidearms on DOW property
6:00am Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Military policy on carrying personal firearms just got flipped by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who signed a memo directing military base commanders to allow personnel—“namely, uniformed service members”—to carry privately owned firearms “while in their nonofficial duty capacity on DOW property within the United States.”




