Yesterday at Quantico, Pete Hegseth touted his success in remaking the military into a mirror of himself, substituting muscle for brains. His remarks were full of fanatical views about culture and demanded that military chaplains conform to his brand of white Christian nationalism: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/x-s1-5986304/hegseth-troops-address
Whether Hegseth is a white nationalist is that those in upper levels of the Pentagon he has fired are mostly those of color and women. Speculation that he is a "white" Christian nationalist mostly stems from a tattoo on his chest often associated with white supremacist groups. He is particularly focused on animosity toward those of Muslim faith. His obsession with testosterone levels of troops could be fueled by his belief that women should be subservient to men, a core value of his religious sect.
I was not aware that the failure to have the military display high testosterone levels or low diversity membership were the reasons for the failure to guide Trump into the Iran blunder or that muscle was lacking. He has, since the beginning, claimed that anyone attempting not to commit war crimes was a traitor (he charged 6 in Congress for that). His policy clearly is for "his" military to ignore committing war crimes and increase aggressive behavior, and not worry about killing civilians.
" No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors," Hegseth said on Wednesday. "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top." Unity is in, he asserts. It's clear diversity is out, and unity is achieved by making all in the military look and act like him.
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition," the old song goes. OOPS, he forgot to order more... OOPS, do whatever his dear master orders and ignore strategic planning; no need to do that either. So fire the military with brains and experience and make sure the chaplain corps toe get the message to preach his religious ideology.
From Goodgle AI
- Joint Chiefs and Service Heads: Hegseth removed high-level leaders including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and Army Chief of Staff General Randy George. [1, 2]
- Specialized and Command Officers: He dismissed leaders such as Army Chief of Chaplains Major General William Green Jr., Commander of Army Transformation and Training Command General David Hodne, and Defense Intelligence Agency head Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse. [1, 2]
- Military Lawyers: Early in his tenure, he cleared out top uniformed lawyers, firing the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Army, Lieutenant General Joseph B. Berger III, and the JAG of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Charles Plummer. [1]
