Pete Hegseth: “It comes with cost. And we recognize that.”

It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks, and so he’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be, and we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand…

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

The outside world can’t understand this, so stay true to this department. You don’t want to look like civilians, because you are different, you are set apart. You are warriors.

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