The whole thing is ironic given troops on the ground (other than in US cities) for combat is becoming less frequent due to drones and robots.

Anonymous wrote:CNN chyron right now..."SECRETARY HEGSETH: TO OUR ENEMIES, FAFO"

He summoned senior military officers to restore a “warriors ethos.” His new defense strategy is homeland security over global threats. DEI is poison. Team barking is mandatory. Quantico will rumble so loud it will be heard around the world.

Yeh, soldiers died. He said he watched them die. From that day forward, he set out to avenge their deaths by writing a book. Thing is, he was sitting in an office when his “friends” died. He lied. He didn’t “watch” them die. In fact, there is no record of casualties within his own platoon.

Two bronze Stars and a Combat Infantryman Badge. Weak sauce badges. I guess he beats Bowman-Hamel-Vance who sat in an office too. He didn’t get any stars or badges.

I can’t believe people I know were summoned here from overseas for this.

Speechless.

“No more overbearing rules of engagement”

"It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

-the guy whose first act at the pentagon was to install a make-up room

Hegseths speech is what you would expect to a freshman class at the academy. Not the military’s most senior leaders

-Adam Kintzinger

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far it’s just a big Anti DEI speech with a lot of reverting to old policies

You can tell from how quiet the brass is what they think of this.

Started with platitudes, but what he is saying now is excellent. He is changing the culture. Much of this is common sense and appropriate for the military. Key point: standards.

A erratic, manic dry drunk/former Fox News host is lecturing everyone else about standards?

"An entire generation of generals and admirals were told that they must the parrot the insane fallacy that 'our diversity is our strength' ... they were told females and males are the same thing."

For too long we've promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons -- based on their race, gender quotas, historic so-called 'firsts'...we've weeded out so-called 'toxic leaders' under guise of double blind psychology assessments. We became the 'woke department.' But not anymore"

Anonymous wrote:Why would they change the physical fitness standards when most wars will be fought from a keyboard from now on?

Trying to get rid of the women

Why would they change the physical fitness standards when most wars will be fought from a keyboard from now on?

Basically if you don’t like what I’m saying please quit

Asking people to resign.

Uh, now he is going off on woke again and here it comes.

more leadership cahnges to expunge the believers of "woke"

"the right people"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So far it’s just a big Anti DEI speech with a lot of reverting to old policies

You can tell from how quiet the brass is what they think of this.

Started with platitudes, but what he is saying now is excellent. He is changing the culture. Much of this is common sense and appropriate for the military. Key point: standards.

Anonymous wrote:So far it’s just a big Anti DEI speech with a lot of reverting to old policies

You can tell from how quiet the brass is what they think of this.