Pete Hegseth: “We hope to soon be a friend of the leadership of the government of Cuba.”

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

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

Rest assured that every dollar appropriated to the Department of War will be focused on building the lethality of our joint force, and reinforcing peace through strength.

Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody.