Pete Hegseth: “Godspeed, heroes,” Hegseth wrote on X. “Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”

He's gonna get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be," Hegseth told Jack Posobiec on Real America's Voice.

Gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be

And it’s gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.

You feel comfortable inside the violence. … Lethality is your calling card and victory your only acceptable end-state.