Generals on notice as Hegseth calls for return to ‘warfighting ethos’

Minister of War Pete Hegseth Has a blunt message from all over the world transferred this week: get fit, go on board with the Trump agenda or go out.

It was the first time that generals from all over the world were convened with the secretary, and many had expected that the General Officer Corps announced closed doors, or cut civilian and contractor roles in the Middle East and Europe.

Instead, they received an address of Hegseth and President Donald Trump. The secretary brought a populist message to return to the war fighter and asked the leadership leadership to carry out physical training in harmony with lower officers and to bring uniformity back to the troop.

Garrett Smith, a reservist and CEO of the defense tech company for the Marine Corps, said the spectacle was unusual, but not without precedent.

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“At the first level, it is completely sensible on a large multinational company or a large organization, if there is a new boss, to call all its regional managers and VPS for setting the tone to re -confirm the agenda to ensure orientation.” But obviously these are not normal times. This is the Trump administration. So it will go hand in hand with a number of improved drama and mystique and craziness. Politicians and the campaign may have been completely great, but a large part of the country will wonder what it was about what really worked? “

Nevertheless, Smith argued that the underlying message is unmistakable: “A back too War struggle And preparation for winning wars as a primary mission of the department. There was a perception that we had deviated from the fact that it had only become a mission among many. It is really important that this is the mission – to invest in a war struggle. “

In a moment when the Trump administration is aware of the internal resistance to its agenda, the speech served as a memory of commanders who were stationed far from Washington that its authority ultimately flows from the President.

“This is a historical meeting in Jesus,” said Chad Robicheaux, a former reconnaissance navy who was used eight times to Afghanistan. “The message is clear: the days of division, resistance and undermining the leadership are over.”

“It was crystal clear – generals and admirals are aware of: compliance and enforce these new guidelines and culture or are fired. No woke leaders anymore,” said Amber Smith, a veteran and consultant for the military excellence.

“Today’s topic is about nature of ourselves, because no plan, no program, no reform, no formation will ultimately be successful, unless we have the right people and the right culture in the Ministry of War,” Hegseth told the group.

He emphasized that combat fitness tests would have to meet the standards gender -neutral and high -ranking officers.

“It is completely unacceptable, fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands all over the country and in the world. It is a bad look. It is not the one we are,” he said. “Regardless of whether you are an Airborne Ranger or a chair ranger, a brand new privately or a four-star general, you have to meet the size and weight standards and pass your PT test.”

Hegseth announced that all employees have to exist twice a year and have to meet the weight requirements and would have to be obliged daily. “We don’t talk like hot yoga and stretch,” he said. “Really hard pt.”

This has been a departure from the past few years when the fitness standards often fell back as soon as the officials reached higher ranks and table -bound commands.

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Smith, who comes from the infantry, said that the focus of standards for physical readiness is part of this shift. “If we want to present the world a deterrent power, we don’t have to go to war, we have to be ready to win the next war. This is the deterrent that we project,” he said.

At the same time, Smith recognized the cultural edge of Hegseth’s message. “There was an obvious and very clear anti-wich threat, which is unique in this administration, and it has to be part of their message every time. This is no surprise in view of the past four or five years.”

Trump saw generals a preview of what is expected in the upcoming national defense strategy: a new focus on defending their homeland and the dominance of the United States in the western hemisphere. Trump suggested that the US cities in criminal cities could even serve as “training grounds” for troops.

“I said Pete that we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military – national guard, but military – because we will go to Chicago very soon,” said Trump.

Hegseth calls for troops to step down when they “wake up” to his scrap and restore the warrior ethos

Hegseth’s message had a personal edge that was rooted in his own military experience. As the former officer of the National Guard of the Army, which served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hegseth left the service in the rank of a major – shortly before the general officer, which he is now monitoring.

This trajectory has long colored its outsiders for the Pentagon-Messing and gave it credibility with ranked troops, but also what some view as a shoulder tone, compared to those who climbed higher in the hierarchy than a tone.

His existence that generals pour in weight, train every day and live according to the same standards as Junior Officers, reflects both his populist instincts and his lived sense of being closer to the war.

“I can’t really imagine a scenario in which a general must be able to run over a battlefield,” considered a veteran.

“It felt a bit more trivial,” said a junior officer about the speech. “But he is right that generals have to fulfill the same standards they expect from the people they lead.”

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“The future of the military and war department finally looks better, and I am glad that everything that bulls have happened in the past has been addressed, and I don’t have to deal with it,” said another.

Hegseth also said he would raise guardrails to prevent bullying and harassment and “enable managers to enable standards without enabling fear of retaliation or second attention”.

“Don’t go to eggshells anymore.”

He told the military officers in the room if they didn’t like his message: “Then they should do and step down the honorable.”