Fox & Friends pushed the false claim that the government is attempting to create a unisex look that will “feminize” male Marines, ignoring a Marine Corps spokesperson who said that the planned uniform change will affect only female Marines and comes because a previous uniform manufacturer went out of business. 

On October 23, the New York Post claimed that the Marine Corps is planning to change the covers for both male and female Marines to conform to a unisex look:

Thanks to a plan by President Obama to create a “unisex” look for the Corps, officials are on the verge of swapping out the Marines' iconic caps - known as “covers” -- with a new version that some have derided as so “girly” that they would make the French blush.

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The thin new covers have a feminine line that some officials think would make them look just as good on female marines as on males -- in keeping with the Obama directive.

By October 24, a spokesperson for the Marines had debunked several claims hyped by the New York Post. Marine Captain Maureen Krebs told Business Insider that “The President in no way, shape, or form directed the Marine Corps to change our uniform cover.” Captain Krebs explained that the Marines were searching for a new female cover because the company that manufactured the current covers no longer existed:

We're looking for a new cover for our female Marines for the primary reason that the former manufacturer went out of business. The Marine Corps has zero intention of changing the male cover.

A nearly identical statement appeared on the homepage of the Marine Corps website on October 25:

Despite this debunking of the New York Post story, on October 25 Fox & Friends pushed the Post's claim that the new covers are designed to replace the covers for both male and female Marines. Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that the new cover “is supposed to be more gender-neutral, but some say it would make the Marines look too, quote, 'girly.' ” Hasselbeck asked retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff, currently with Concerned Veterans for America, to comment. Duff also pushed the false claim that this is an attempt to make uniforms gender-neutral and is affecting male Marines, saying that “to demasculinize our Marines just seems to me a ludicrous requirement.”