Pete Hegseth

Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual.

Diversity is not our strength—unity is our strength.

To maintain global dominance, the United States must anticipate future operational environments and act decisively to develop the tools to dominate in them.

We are witnessing rapid advances in artificial intelligence, autonomy, directed energy, robotics, biotechnology, among other critical high-tech areas. Combined, these new domains, new ways of fighting, and technological developments will…

Generals who clung to the woke department, or seemed to think civilian control of the military is simply a suggestion, well, they no longer work here.

But it’s worth saying again, so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that: no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors.

The only focus, as you know, in your formations should be training, readiness, accountability, discipline and lethality.

The complainers, the ideologues and the poor performers are no longer in the driver’s seat. It’s worth saying again, so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that…

No backroom Washington deals. No political favoritism – just a straight-up, merit-based contest to see which state will partner with us to build the most modern, beautiful, and lethal military installation on the planet.

We owe our warriors nothing less than the gold standard.

We are talking hundreds of thousands of acres with organic power generation, modern air defenses, and cutting edge technology — a fortress.

To back up our warfighters, when we bring the troops home, we won’t just reshuffle troops onto legacy posts. We are going to build them beautiful new bases from the ground up.