Pete Hegseth: “We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can’t shoot values, you can’t shoot flags, and you…”

The amount of neglect, the amount of stale thinking and bureaucracy; it was staggering when we took over.

This request is an urgent, necessary injection of resources to address the immediate needs of our department.

It is a day and night difference. Training, lethality, accountability, discipline, readiness — the bedrock of what it means to be an American warrior — is the only focus of our department. Colorblind, gender-neutral, merit-based. That’s it.

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