Trt coming to the US Army. Whooora!!!

This thread started with the potential to be politically charged and controversial: it likely is.

My 2cents:

If properly applied this "therapy" restores normal hormonal levels.

It should not be viewed with the same lens as trying to AMP levels to go "beast" mode in sports or at the gym.

I do not know who needs this in the military, I did not need it 40 years ago when I was in, but there may be some that do.

We are all learning that chemicals can help us with our bodies, whether it relate to hormones, supplements, or weight; we are biohacking.
 
Skidude said:


This thread started with the potential to be politically charged and controversial: it likely is.

My 2cents:

If properly applied this "therapy" restores normal hormonal levels.

It should not be viewed with the same lens as trying to AMP levels to go "beast" mode in sports or at the gym.

I do not know who needs this in the military, I did not need it 40 years ago when I was in, but there may be some that do.

We are all learning that chemicals can help us with our bodies, whether it relate to hormones, supplements, or weight; we are biohacking.

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I frequent a lot of Testosterone related threads on Reddit. You’d be shocked at how many young men in their 20s and 30s that are clinically low that provide their bloodwork to back it up.
 
mtomm said:


Women, can you imagine getting this kind of hormone screening and medical care? This kind of makes me ragey.

I really hope they do more for than women than just TRT.

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Not a woman but my wife had to go through 3 different providers to find one who even had a vague understanding of PMDD and would prescribe estrogen treatment. That was 2 years ago and JUST last month did she get a pharmacist to green light filling it every 24 days so she could skip menstruation for 2 months at a time. Literally had to call and argue monthly before that. Insanity.

I’m all for any normalization and education on hormone therapy. It’s been stigmatized too long and there’s too many people living a sub quality of life for no reason. Anything reasonable to move the Overton window is a positive to me.
 
I was told second hand through friends who were veterans that people are already absolutely blasting during war time. Might as well give them trt if needed instead of them screwing around with tren and cheque drops that one of the cool medics had stashed in his buttcrack lmao.
 
Here is a take from an Army Flight Surgeon that cuts through bs , in my opinion.

I've spent the past decade as a military flight surgeon. Let me take the politics out of the testosterone headline and tell you what actually matters.

Testosterone drops with age, that's just physiology. And when it drops, it takes energy, strength, focus, mood, sleep, and… https://t.co/ynYdBFnCLq

— James Ries, DO | Flight Surgeon (@JamesRiesDO) July 15, 2026
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View: https://x.com/JamesRiesDO/status/2077452094135562560?s=20

"I've spent the past decade as a military flight surgeon. Let me take the politics out of the testosterone headline and tell you what actually matters.

Testosterone drops with age, that's just physiology. And when it drops, it takes energy, strength, focus, mood, sleep, and recovery with it.

Every one of those is a readiness issue. A depleted force is a real problem, not a meme.Most men never get tested, because nobody offered or they were told low energy is just getting older. Making a testosterone check part of a routine physical is how you catch the guys running on empty who do not know it.

You can argue about the messenger all day. The underlying medicine is sound: Test, find the men who are actually low, and treat the ones who need it. That is good care, in uniform or out."
 
randompersonrandom said:


Don't be silly; you're acting like we're PEOPLE!

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Hahahahhahaha






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ColdSmoke said:


Going to be a nightmare. Let’s pretend they have the wherewithal to do the testing alone. Imagine the attempt at administration, follow through, dosing…etc. the amount of stigma bs for the service members who test low from their peers is going to be outright awful. Just stupid

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that's one of my many concerns. it could work out with proper oversight and care. but I just haven't seen that type of mindfulness from sec heggy
 
Testing everyone as a publicity stunt/propaganda exercise is making splashy public announcements, doing the same as just good medical care might be a note to army physicians encouraging them to test and treat more older males/females. But as far as I know the standard recommendations are only to use TRT if test is low and there are symptoms of low testosterone, not just low numbers
 
Let's put this in perspective. I tried going through the VA to get put on Test. They want to see a total T below 250ng/dl for 2 consecutive tests. Mine ranged from 250-350 consistently. 250 is crazy low and I was symptomatic at 350. Had to goto a urologist for it. Probably won't be many servicemembers on it. The ones that do get put on it will probably have to goto medical for their shot once every 2 weeks. So it will be a shit protocol anyways.
 
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