Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke to military leaders at Quantico on Tuesday morning, letting them know just what the change from Department of Defense to Department of War really means. The new mission of the War Department, he said, is “preparing for war.”
“Fighting, preparing for war and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit, not because we want war—no one here wants war—but it’s because we love peace,” Hegseth said. This mission is alongside his intense effort to eliminate “wokeness” from the military, which is an element in the Armed Forces that the administration believes puts service men and women at risk.
He announced 10 new directives, including that the “highest male standard” will be in place for all of those in the Armed Forces. A combat field test will also come into place, “that must be executable in any environment at any time and with combat equipment.”
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