Pete Hegseth: “This [is] not about the Houthis. I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest…”

A lot of our capabilities are classified, but if anybody in the world can reach anything on God’s green Earth, it’s the United States military, the most powerful military in the world.

Training, lethality, accountability, discipline, readiness — the bedrock of what it means to be an American warrior — is the only focus of our department.

What they do in those high seas in those austere conditions with less port calls — it's incredible.

We hope it doesn't have to go in that direction.