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Hegseth told senior military leaders that he no longer wants to see “fat generals and admirals” or overweight troops in combat units.

“It’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands around the country, in the world, it’s a bad look,” Hegseth said.

For people who are actually engaged in combat, okay, but usually generals are not going to be personally engaged in physical combat. If they are, things have probably gone rather wrong on other levels. Like, we're theoretically choosing people at that level based on ability to coordinate and plan, not to look sexy on TV.

The Defense Secretary pointed to his own regimen as an example. “It all starts with physical fitness and appearance,” he said. “If the Secretary of War can do regular, hard PT [physical training], so can every member of our joint force.”

Every time I think the cringe bar cannot go lower, this administration manages it.

"but we can't possibly have elections while at war!"

• soon

Are they going to war with anyone in particular, or just the first country that looks at them funny?

Also, no more woke shit.

And shave yourself. Top to bottom. I want you smooth.

And strong. Very strong.

And no more chicks. Only dudes. Smooth, muscular dudes.

“No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complaints, no more repeat complainants, no more smearing reputations, no more endless waiting, no more legal limbo, no more side-tracking careers, no more walking on eggshells.

He added, “Of course, being a racist has been illegal in our formation since 1948. The same goes for sexual harassment. Both are wrong and illegal.”

But don't you dare fucking complain about it!

Testing the water about ordering them to attack us, the citizens of this fucking country.

🖕🤬🖕

If any of those generals had a spine, they'd have pulled out their service weapon and Kirk'd that alcoholic right where he stood. You know, the way warriors are supposed to deal with traitors and wife-beater pussies.

Bet they all fuckin LOVED being talked down to about the ethos of their warriorism...

Newsweek has contacted the Department of Defense for comment via email.

I love that Newsweek is ignoring the silly trump re-branding. Its like we're all treating it like Twitter.

Hegseth also ordered “a full review” of terms like toxic leadership, bullying, and hazing, which he argued have been “weaponized.” “The definition of ‘toxic’ has been turned upside down, and we’re correcting that,” he said. “If that makes me toxic, then so be it.”

You're toxic, Pete.

He later added drill sergeants can “put their hands on recruits” and use “tried and true methods” to motivate them.

Tried and true like racism and sexual harassment?

He added that the U.S. military will mandate troops in combat roles to meet “this highest male standard only,” requiring every service member in such positions to score above 70 percent on the “male standard” of their branch’s physical fitness test.

So this looks like his path to eliminate women from the armed forces.

I never noticed until today, when Pete has been in the news so much -- are those his military medals he wears on his suit all the time? Is that the type of thing he is allowed to do if he is not in uniform? I've never served so I don't know.

I don't mean to denigrate his service: I'm sure he earned that (single) row of medals. But I couldn't help but notice that all the generals he was lecturing -- yes, even the ones with melanin and/or vaginas -- had many, many more rows of them. You would think the lecture on the "warrior ethos" would be going the other way

peace through war. prosperity through austerity. victory through um whatever just suck my cock already.

Hegseth told senior military leaders that he no longer wants to see “fat generals and admirals” or overweight troops in combat units.

He’s so right! They should follow the lead of the Commander in Chief here. No more hamburger swilling pigs!