Over 120 Retired Generals and Admirals Endorse Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense
“He has studied and experienced the disastrous effects Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has on our military and he is committed to expunging it from our armed forces.”
We have been following President-elect Trump’s nomination to Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, Trump Nominates Army Vet Peter Hegseth for Defense Secretary, and his tortuous path to confirmation:
- Democrats and the Media Are Trying to ‘Brett Kavanaugh’ Trump DoD Pick Pete Hegseth
- FOX News Employees Defend Pete Hegseth After NBC News Publishes Anonymously Sourced Hit Piece
Fortunately, Hegseth hasn’t withdrawn, Pete Hegseth: ‘I Have Never Backed Down From a Fight and Won’t Back Down From This One’, and even managed, apparently, to get some formerly negative U.S. Senators on his side: Sen. Joni Ernst Might be Warming Up to Pete Hegseth ‘After ‘Encouraging Conversations’.
Then, of course, came the ProPublica attempted hit piece and West Point’s staff lying to said left-wing media outlet about whether Secdef-nominee Hegseth had lied about applying and getting accepted to West Point (spoiler: he was accepted at West Point and he did not lie about that): West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy.
So after all this hate and discontent on the way to the January confirmation process, I was happy to see the following story about numerous retired generals and admirals endorsing Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. From the Daily Wire:
More than 120 retired U.S. generals and admirals signed onto a letter released on Monday expressing their “strong support” for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, U.S. Army veteran Pete Hegseth.
The letter comes after Hegseth endured several intense weeks of media coverage of allegations primarily made by anonymous sources.
They wrote:
He understands combat from the grass roots level and will take that much needed perspective with him as the next SECDEF. He has studied and experienced the disastrous effects Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has on our military and he is committed to expunging it from our armed forces. His focus is solely on warfighting readiness so that our military is prepared to fulfill its mission—to fight and win our Nation’s wars.
The retired generals and admirals said that Hegseth’s passion for the military was obvious, and his record in Iraq and Afghanistan showed that he was the “warrior” the U.S. needed to lead its military.
Incidentally, I have read Pete Hegseth’s book The War on Warriors, which is excellent and which chronicles the disastrous effects the Biden Administration’s DEI and transgender policies have had on the U.S. military.
As a retired Navy Captain, I am officially endorsing Hegseth for Secdef as well.
You can review the Generals’ and Admirals’ letter here, and at the end of this post.
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— Lady Tigress (@LadyConstance8) December 18, 2024
More than 120 retired U.S. generals and admirals put their name to a letter Monday expressing “strong support” for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, U.S. Army veteran Pete Hegseth.https://t.co/CwLk9HvG6d
— Secure America Now 🇺🇸 (@SecureAmerica) December 20, 2024
JUST IN: At least 123 retired generals and admirals sign a letter supporting Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
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Its great that such a high percentage of generals and admirals are endorsing Hegseth.
Though the fact that there are so many generals/admirals both retired or active points to a very bloated military.
There are almost 700 flag officers in the uniformed services (excluding the USCG), which is down about 20% from 5-years ago (the number of uniformed service members has been shrinking every year for the last decade). I think the annual turnover rate is (very roughly) 20%, which means there are about 200 retiring each year. Just guess, but there are probably comfortably more than 2,500 retired flag officers still alive today, and that’s a conservative estimate. That they could only find 120 to sign their names underscores how many deadbeats have made to to O-7 in recent decades.
There is one Marine on that list – MajGen James E. Livingston. The guy is a one of the last last living legends of the the Marine Corps. If you have him on any list, that’s the only person you need.
So the new criteria for being an excellent Trump Secretary of
Defense cabinet member is being a self acknowledged alcoholic and wife cheater. You will notice that all of the 150 are retired. My guess is that they are also alcoholics and wife cheaters.
You idiot. You really don’t know shit about the military do you.
First of all, Hegseth isn’t an alcoholic. Second, no one cares about him being a “wife cheater,” not when his predecessor, a DEI hire if there ever was one, presided over the worst US military debacle since the fall of Saigon, and went AWOL for a few days leaving exactly no one in charge at DoD.
We only care that he restores our military to unmatched lethality and rips out the cancerous DEI.
Of COURSE all the flag officers are retired. They can then make political statements.
See the Hatch Act if you need clarification.
By the way, each one of these retired flag officers has done more with their careers than you’ve likely been able to accomplish your whole entire life. That you feel comfortable enough to insult them by calling them drunks and “wife cheaters” reflects far more on your own complete lack of character than it does on all of them.
Quit upvoting yourself, clown, and get the hell out of here.
I don’t trust any “####” support candidate John Doe. It has been used too much in the past for nefarious ends.
Agreed, but I think there is some value in smashing the prog’s faces in their own pile of stupid poo by responding to their dumb list with a longer list of people supporting him. If nothing else, it forces them to say ‘but waaahhhhhh the guys on your list are biased!’ which highlights the inanity of their list as well. Rule #4, make them live up to their own set of rules.
“Incidentally, I have read Pete Hegseth’s book…”
And so should you.
Same goes for Hillbilly Elegy.
Part of the big 🖕 aimed at the media must also include doing your own background and reading your own source material.
In both cases here, you will not be disappointed.
I just finished Hillbilly Elegy and consider it possibly one of the dozen or so I’ve read that can change the life of a reader who is having personal difficulties. It’s quite inspirational to think that a child with JD Vance’s family experiences can aspire to the second highest office in the land with a clear path to the highest. The book IMO can be summed up in a simple statement: You can do it.
If you haven’t read it, do so at your earliest convenience.
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Those who oppose Pete Hegseth have made it clear he has merit, funny how that works.
‘Over 120 Retired Generals and Admirals Endorse Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense’
Is this like a ‘fifty-five former high rank intelligence officers certify Hunter’s laptop is Russian disinformation’ proclamation so Joe can steal the election, or is this a ‘honorable stars n bars purged out by Obama’s witch hunt against ‘white supremacy” proclamation so Trump can remove bvtts3x flags from military bases, and make our military great again?
I gots to know!
I will go with Door #2.
It is far beyond time for a huge sting operation.
ABSCAM comes to mind.
Show no mercy.
I think he should get confirmed, but the endorsement game from retired GO/FOs for either side of the aisle isn’t helping.
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