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Hegseth authorizes off-duty service members to carry private firearms on installations
April 03, 2026
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center 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 . . .

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