#pete-hegseth

#pete-hegseth

With President Donald Trump's backing, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has waged a war on what he calls wokeness in the military. Regarding the painting of Lee, a West Point graduate, The Times reported: It was not clear how West Point could return General Lee's portrait to the library without violating the law, which emerged from the protests that followed George Floyd's killing by Minneapolis police officers in 2020.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump's law enforcement crackdown will be armed, the Pentagon said Friday. The Defense Department didn't immediately offer any other details about the new development or why it was needed. The step is a escalation in Trump's intervention into policing in the nation's capital and comes as nearly 2,000 National Guard members are stationed in the city, with the arrival this week of hundreds of troops from several Republican-led states.

"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."

The Ranger School curriculum requires extreme physical fitness, including running, lifting heavy weights, and performing strenuous activities in a limited time. It poses a significant challenge that sees high dropout rates.

You're not worthy of my attention or my questions. You're an embarrassment to this country. You're unfit to lead... You should just get the hell out.

Hegseth’s decisions led to a failed escalation against the Houthis, fueled by unverified claims about an NSA wiretap and infighting within his team.

Hegseth stated, 'Everything starts and ends with warriors, from training to the battlefield.' He emphasized abandoning 'wokeness' and returning to a focus on traditional military values.

If I were Secretary Hegseth, I wouldn't do any more media interviews right now. The best way to prove you can do the job is to do the job.

Details about American strikes in Yemen that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on a commercial chat app came from U.S. Central Command through a secure, government system.