The Pentagon’s recent moves on vaccines, nutrition, and military fitness are increasingly mirroring the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., bringing a movement rooted in criticism of processed food and vaccine skepticism to a military long governed by rigid medical standards.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed the Pentagon’s changes as focused on “lethality,” readiness, and restoring trust within the armed forces. But the timing and substance of the policies align closely with initiatives emerging from Kennedy’s HHS and the White House-backed MAHA commission.