Hegseth rails against 'woke,' lays out standards in speech to top generals
September 30, 2025, 10:01 AM
Pentagon to hold 'mystery meeting' with top-ranking generalsThe event is slated to occur at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, a secure site an hour south of the nation's capital.
In a speech Tuesday morning before an auditorium packed with several hundred of the nation's most seasoned military commanders, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for an end to "woke" culture in the military and railed against a litany of complaints such as diversity and probes into hazing.
"The era of politically correct, overly sensitive, don't-hurt-anyone's-feelings leadership ends right now," Hegseth said at the gathering at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia -- a secure site an hour south of the nation's capital.
Hegseth called for "no more division, distraction or gender delusions" in an extraordinarily blunt speech on the importance of the "warrior ethos," a term he uses to describe the spirit that makes combat units effective.
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