Pete Hegseth Fast Facts

Pete Hegseth Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Personal Birth date: June 6, 1980 Birth place: Minneapolis, Minnesota Birth name: Peter Brian Hegseth Father: Brian Hegseth, basketball coach Mother: Penelope “Penny” Hegseth, career coach Marriages: Jennifer Rauchet (2019–present); Samantha Deering (2010-2018, divorced); Meredith Schwarz (2004-2009, divorced) Children: with Jennifer Rauchet: Gwendo…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth comes to NAS Oceana to swear-in recruits

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Sixty military recruits from Virginia's Military Entrance Processing Station, or MEPS, took their enlistment oath Tuesday morning at NAS Oceana, getting sworn in by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. “You will be different," Hegseth said. "You will be set apart for a distinct purpose — keeping this nation free. It's going to be tough. But that's the point." MEPS is in Richmond and determines eligibility for enlistmen…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers Oath of Enlistment to recruits

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the Oath of Enlistment to about 60 new members of the U.S. Armed forces during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. The recruits are from the Military Entrance Processing Station at Fort Lee located just outside of Petersburg.