Oct 03 from https://nypost.com/opinion/ Right

Pete Hegseth’s demand that troops be fit — not fat — is essential to US military readiness

Doesn’t Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth realize that push-ups are passé? His speech to an audience of generals he’d summoned to Washington has mystified and outraged critics who think his obsession with physical fitness is out-of-date at best and ridiculous at worst. “Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops,” Hegseth told the...

Oct 01 from https://www.thenation.com/ Left

Hegseth’s Quantico Farce: Terrifying, or Oddly Reassuring?

Politics / Hegseth’s Quantico Farce: Terrifying, or Oddly Reassuring? Trump and the defense secretary summoned top military leaders to the side of authoritarianism and abuse, but the officers did not thrill to the message. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a podium gesticulating in front of a large American flag. (Alex Wong / Getty Images) Nobody knew why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...

Oct 01 from https://theintercept.com/ Left

Hegseth Attack on “Beardos” Targets Troops on Race and Religion, Military Sources Say

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s push to eliminate so-called “beardos” from the armed forces is drawing criticism from service members who say the policy tramples religious freedoms and disproportionately targets Black men, Muslims, Sikhs, and pagans. What Hegseth frames as discipline and toughness, critics say, is exclusion and discrimination packaged as military tradition. “The feeling is,...

Sep 30 from https://ijr.com/ Right

Trump on Military Leaders He Dislikes: ‘I’m Going to Fire Them’ on The Spot

President Donald Trump harkned back to his days on “The Apprentice” as he made his way to meet top U.S. military leaders Tuesday. “I’m going to be meeting with generals and with admirals and with leaders, and if I don’t like somebody, I’m going to fire them right on the spot,” Trump said. Watch: NOW – Trump: "I'm going to be meeting with generals, and with admirals and with leaders, and if...

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