"I don't know if you saw, but I gave a little speech on Tuesday," Hegseth told the locker-room crowd, to shouts of approval. He then drew laughter from the assembled team and staff when he promised, "No more beardos." Something he also told the gathering of military commanders.
Hegseth this week summoned hundreds of the U.S. military's most senior commanders to Quantico, Virginia, for what he framed as a tightening of military standards, a shirking off of "woke" attitudes and a doubling down of a "warrior ethos." He has rebranded himself the Secretary of War, fired a slew of high-profile officers and warned "more leadership changes will be made."
