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Hegseth Authorizes Off-Duty Service Members to Carry Private Firearms on Installations
April 02, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:

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Hegseth Authorizes Off-Duty Service Members to Carry Private Firearms on Installations

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum directing military installation commanders to allow War Department personnel -namely, uniformed service members -to request to carry privately owned firearms while in their nonofficial duty capacity on DOW property within the . . .

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