Hegseth Declares End to ‘Politically Correct’ Leadership in US Military in Speech to Top Generals
Hegseth mandates biannual fitness tests, daily physical training, and male-level grooming standards to counter what he calls 'woke' policies undermining military effectiveness, targeting top leaders.
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a speech to military leaders emphasizing the need to remove diversity programs and restore standards based on merit only.
- Hegseth stated, "the only people who actually deserve peace are those who are willing to wage war to defend it," affirming the military's focus on readiness and lethality.
- Hegseth announced that combat troops must meet uniform fitness standards, insisting that they be high and gender-neutral.
- Hegseth critiqued past leadership for compromising military standards, asserting that a focus on ideology weakens the military's purpose of winning wars.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tells Top Military Brass In Secret Meeting That ‘The Only Mission Of The Department Of War Is Warfighting’
by Geoffrey Grinder, Now The End Begins: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a rare meeting of the most senior military leadership in the United States that they must ‘prepare for war’ “The Government is aware of its great obligation to support, as the Government of a free and equal nation, that maintenance and consolidation of […]
The U.S. military has long been an engine of social change, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approach runs counter to that
WASHINGTON — Historically, the U.S. military has been an engine for cultural and social change in America. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s...
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