Hear The FULL Hegseth Speech And 10 Directives That Put The Media’s Panties In A Twist
No WONDER Pete's been rattling so many chains. He's undoing decades of subversion
His critics have downplayed his (impressive) credentials from the beginning, blowing him off as ‘just’ a TV guy. The changes he’s making to the Armed Forces are exactly why the insiders raged against him.
It’s easy to forget the mass purges of military personnel in the Obama (and later, the Biden years), and how tweaks to policy made sure that people happy to echo Uniparty establishment talking points and activist causes du jour found their way into positions of authority.
That, paired with the explicitly partisan ‘training programs’ that men and women who volunteered to serve where forced to learn and internalize, went a long way to enacting precisely the kind of ‘Fundamental Transformation’ one might expect a man who launched his political career in the living room of a former member of the Weather Underground would envision.
Such a vision may well serve a political agenda, but it does precious little to fulfill the mandate of the Federal Government to ‘provide for the common defence’ envisioned by the Founders and Framers.
The man who literally wrote the book on ‘The War on Warriors’ called his top brass to Virginia, where he could make an announcement about a pivot the American Military is taking to recapture the Warrior Ethos.
And for all the crying and moaning about how he is destroying the military or backing Trump in [insert current ‘literally Hitler accusation here], his speech makes it clear that what he is announcing is not actually a list of new policies.
It’s a new commitment to uphold the existing ones. Remember to ask about that the next time an MSNBC drone rages about Hegseth’s ‘dangerous’ new precedents.
Here’s the full 45 min speech in his own words, so you can answer any out-of-context clips they might throw our way.
Some of the highlights of his speech are summarized below, to give readers a flavor of what was said.
To ensure peace, we must prepare for war. Rome knew it. Washington knew it. We know it. That’s why war readiness is now the singular focus of the War Department. Preparing to fight and preparing to win.
Peace through strength. We must be ready to fight any war we choose, or any war that is thrust upon us. ‘To our enemies: FAFO’ We are the strength part of ‘peace through stregth’.
We need you to be the best, most capable and qualified leaders. We have focused on the wrong things in the past.
No more promotions based on politics, race or gender quotas. No more risk-averse models promoting milquetoast go-along-to-get-along political yes-men.
We are done with woke distractions. But there’s a deeper problem, with a simple solution. Would I want my son to join this military. Golden Rule test. ‘Do unto your unit as you would do to your own child’s unit’.
Application of standards.
Must be uniform… gender-neutral… and high. Either you are disciplined, fit, and trained, or you are out. Every requirement returns to the highest male standard only. Combat field test, and leaders must conform to fitness tests twice a year… hard PT every day.
Grooming standards, professional standards. Unless you are special forces.
‘Toxic’ leaders. High standards is not ‘toxic’, it is our duty per our oath. Real toxic leaders are those who tolerate lesser standards that endanger their units.
Full review of policy language like ‘toxic’ and ‘hazing’ so they are not ridiculous.
This is not about banning women from serving. But interested women must meet the same high standards that will cull out the weaker men.
Third — Ending Risk-averse culture.,/strong> ‘No more walking on eggshells’
Ending anonymous complaints, frivolous complaints and attempts to sandbag a career with meaningless allegations.
Let leaders pass the ‘golden rule test’ and removing the permanent documenting of past blunders if made in good faith.
Promotions on Merit only.
Firing of senior officers — it’s nearly impossible to change a culture without changing the people who made it.
An entire generation of military men and women were bullied by elected officials into accepting absurdities that made them weaker. Like ‘diversity’ is our strength, rather than unity. Or that there is no difference between men and women. People were fired for implementing those policies.
The sooner we have the right people, the sooner we’ll have the right policies. No more distractions, no more politics.
We must train and maintain. Reducing manditory courses, pivoting to an emphasis in combat readiness and competence. ‘Every marine a rifleman’
Aside from the Gulf War, we haven’t won a war since the name was changed to the Defense Department after WWII. We are training warriors and not defenders. War is something we do sparingly with clear objectives. You kill people and break things for a living. We are purpose built to do the hard things and deliver justice on behalf of the American military.
Commander’s prayer.
Move out, and draw fire. Because YOU are the War Deaprtment.
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