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.
Minorities too. There’s a reason he was harping on shaving standards. Some people with curly hair get ingrown hairs when they shave every day. Causes infection and scarring. You can get a “no shave chit” - medical can excuse you from needing to be clean shaven.
Its mostly black men with these chits.
He’s trying to give anyone who wants one an excuse to remove any one who isn’t white enough (and male) from serving.
I love that Newsweek is ignoring the silly trump re-branding. Its like we’re all treating it like Twitter.
You’re toxic, Pete.
Tried and true like racism and sexual harassment?
So this looks like his path to eliminate women from the armed forces.
Minorities too. There’s a reason he was harping on shaving standards. Some people with curly hair get ingrown hairs when they shave every day. Causes infection and scarring. You can get a “no shave chit” - medical can excuse you from needing to be clean shaven.
Its mostly black men with these chits.
He’s trying to give anyone who wants one an excuse to remove any one who isn’t white enough (and male) from serving.