Rank-and-File React to Hegseth’s Meet
‘…if they didn’t like his message, “then you should do the honorable thing and resign.”‘
‘Come-to-Jesus meeting’: Military community reacts to Hegseth’s get fit, get in line or get out speech
War Secretary delivered a blunt message to military leaders that seemingly resonated with rank-and-file
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a blunt message to military leaders from around the globe this week: Get fit, get on board with the Trump agenda or get out.
It marked the first time generals from around the world had been summoned to convene with the secretary, and many had expected closed-door announcements on trimming the general officer corps, drawing down forces in the Middle East and Europe or cutting civilian and contractor roles.
Instead, what they got was a televised address from Hegseth and President Donald Trump. The secretary pushed a populist message of handing decision-making back to the warfighter, requiring senior leadership to perform physical training in line with lower-ranking officers and bringing uniformity back to the force.
Garrett Smith, an active-duty Marine Corps reservist and CEO of defense tech firm Reveal, said the spectacle was unusual but not without precedent.
“At a first level, at any big multinational corporation or big organization, when there’s a new boss, it’s totally reasonable to call in all your regional managers and VPs for a setting of tone, to reconfirm the agenda, to ensure alignment. So, all of that makes sense,” Smith said.
“But, obviously, these are not normal times. This is the Trump administration. So, it’s going to come with a bunch of enhanced drama and mystique and weirdness about it. … The policy and the action might have been totally great, but much of the country is going to be left wondering, ‘What was that really about?’”
Even so, Smith argued, the underlying message was unmistakable: “A return to warfighting and preparation for winning wars as the priority mission of the department. There was a perception we’d strayed from that, that it had become just one mission among many. Reconfirming that this is the mission is really important — investing in a warfighting ethos.”
At a moment when the Trump administration is on alert for internal resistance to its agenda, the speech served as a reminder to commanders stationed far from Washington that their authority ultimately flows from the president.
“This is a historic come-to-Jesus meeting,” said Chad Robicheaux, a former reconnaissance Marine who deployed to Afghanistan eight times. “The message is clear. The days of divisiveness, resistance and undermining leadership are over.”
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It makes my wicked heart happy to see the O’s getting spanked.
The primary mission of all of our military is only to make the other bastard die for his country – to misquote a certain general.
This one?
So this will no longer be tolerated I hope
The only way to make that pic better is to let AI enhance it with a baby bump.
What in the actual fuck is that?
That’s the Ft Huachuca NCO of the Quarter
Last Year
😂🤪😛😎🤣😄😅😀
NOOOOO!
(BAAAARF!!)
I spent 10 years on three different deployments at We-Got-Cha.
I grew rather fond of the desert environment.
I was offered spec 6 and guaranteed three
years at choke her if I re-upped while still in
country RVN.
My God, that could have been me….
Looks like Army Jesus!
It is
Nope. Not him. His return is as follows:
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
king of kings and lord of lords.
-Book of Revelation, Chapter 19, Verses 11-19
Hrkkk… WTF?! 🤢🤮
In one of Hegseth’s memos, beards are only allowed for medical reasons. Religion accomodation has gone away, so everyone gets to be clean shaven for uniformity and…to ensure a good seal while wearing a gas mask.
No more of this crazy ass shit back to being a military
Interesting….
“Bussiere to Retire After Vice Chief Nomination Was Withdrawn”
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/bussiere-retire-vice-chief-nomination-withdrawn/
“Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, announced his intention to retire in a social media post on Sept. 30, a reversal from just a few months ago, when he was poised to become Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.”
“Bussiere was nominated for the Vice Chief role in July, but the nomination was withdrawn in September, with some speculating at the time that the withdrawal could be in anticipation of changing the nomination to Chief of Staff after Gen. David W. Allvin’s abrupt retirement announcement. Instead, President Donald Trump nominated retired Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach for the CSAF role on Sept. 29.”
“After much reflection, and with a full heart … I have made the difficult decision to request retirement from the United States Air Force for personal and family reasons,” Bussiere wrote in the Sept. 30 Facebook post.”
His Bio:
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/article/108798/thomas-a-bussiere/
Not a fan of Norwich.
It was a good place to avoid the draft in the 60s while
getting a business degree but the guys I knew shed the
commision upon graduation….go figure.
Rather successful careers afterwards.
Waiting for Paul Harvey to chime in…
A video of Hegseth not putting up with the BS any longer.
https://x.com/Enezator/status/1973357227088941103
Come to Jesus indeed. Quite frankly after the terrible actions and commentary Trump put up with from Miley, I think it was about damn time to let everyone know just what the hell the chain of command is and what is expected of the force, from the top on down.
I find it to be a breath of fresh air and I bet all the “Joes” are happy to see leadership having THEIR feet held to the fire.
“The policy and the action might have been totally great, but much of the country is going to be left wondering, ‘What was that really about?’”
The veteran portion of “much of the country” understands completely what that was really about. It was about going back to what a military is for.
The guy is a clown.
Any positive feedback from his clown show performance is cherry picked.
Oh, Gawd!
SPAPOS barfs again.
I bet he hyperventilates into a paper bag before and after he posts here!
Only after using thr bag to catch his farts..
If your still in, isn’t it time to turn in your papers as well?
Awww,didums get his feelings hurt? The true majority of Americans are in favor of this, so go rub one out with the lavender oil you carry in your “medic kit”!
Commissar wrote:
“The guy is a clown.”
Any positive feedback from his clown show performance is cherry picked.”
Commissar, we agree with you 100% that Biden’s 01 September 2022 speech in front of Philadelphia Independence Hall was indeed a Clown Show and was cherry picked by his Staff as well as Jill and Hunter. Biden was and still is a Clown.
Could have sworn Biden was diagnosed in May 2025 as having Stage 4 Prostate Cancer that has spread to his bones. Whatever treatment he is taking must be working, because The Washingtonian did a story on 9-11-2025 about Joe dining at the DC Italian Restaurant L’Ardente. He ordered the restaurant’s famed 40-layer lasagnas, along with other pastas, appetizers, and a vanilla soufflé:
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/11/joe-biden-dines-out-at-dc-italian-restaurant-lardente/
Yeahhhh that stage 4 prostate cancer sure did appear quickly. You can’t tell me nobody caught it until it was that advanced. I’m thinking the senile clown was dosed up on Lupron. It’ll cause a normally functioning brain to go to mush for a while. It’s scary.
Here you go Lars
That’s a MAAN baby!
Glad to see you back today cranking everyone up my Conservative friend. Great shtick act.
Hegseth was directly addressing “officers” like you. You shit on the oath you took as an officer and became the poster child for “all enemies, foreign and domestic”. Your opinions are duly noted and rejected as the unhinged rants that they are. You stand for nothing, respect nothing, contribute nothing, you support and defend domestic terrorists.
You may go now.
My bet is that he barely made it to O4 by the skin of his teeth in a branch that took anyone who was breathing at the time.
I only heard part of Hegseth’s little speech, but I smiled the whole time. I suspect there are lots of little Pete Hegseth dolls with lots of little pins and needles sticking in them in lots of General Officers Quarters. I also suspect the idea of, if not the actual words, “lese majeste” are also widespread among the flags.
In fairness, he supports ALL terrorists ( he just actively works with domestic ones)
Domestic terrorist detected. Opinion rejected.
Commie, who do you think should be Secretary of War, Dylan Mulvaney?
All the negative feedback I’ve seen is ignorant, uninformed, and completely unaware of the purpose of a military. Traits you share. You know, birds of a feather…
Says the clown who doesn’t stick around after posting to defend his arguments.
Have a nice day, coward.
I guess the guys I overheard at work laughing about this, and clearly enthused, were “cherry picked.”
Take yer…
Fuck off Lars.
Thus validating what has been done.
LOVE the pic of Hegseth using the knife hand!
The occasional left hand in the pocket had me wondering if
it had to do with some remote device to assist with text etc.
In any case, the guy can deliver an on stage speech and his
use of the knife hand was indeed cool.
LOL, Ahhh yeah 26, no offense to you army types but Marines don’t allow hands in the pockets – trousers or otherwise. But since Pete is an army type I guess its ok. Same for the squids, fly-boys and coasties – I guess they allow it too. LOL
Army doesn’t either. Hands in pockets is referred to as “Air Force gloves”.
‘and the holes in the pockets are for when it gets real cold.
Good one!!!!
“an active-duty Marine Corps reservist”
Oh man my head heart reading this line a few times to decode it.
Now that we told the higher up O’s to embrace the suck, can we also start showing a percentage the door? Asking for a friend….
It has already started
He’s probably Commie’s brother or at least a cousin.
He should have blown all their minds and started the day with a height/weight followed by an APFT.
Followed by a 100% urinalysis.
It must have been quite a shock to all those GOFOs to be reminded of the fact that they are not the Ultimate Authority and that they can be lectured to and “motivated” just like us enlisted swine.
Im not sure what the hell the Wierdness of Trump is as to what the Marine general was talking about, the days of fat cat genersls and admirals needs to be over! Whenevervi see statebof thevunion addresses , you see the army and airforse generals , just look like ceo’s , fat and comfortable , uded to the easy life, the Marine Generals rarely look any different than privates . These are leaders , they need to look like leaders , people who if need be , can still fight , we are a warrior nation not a defender , its time get back to that ethos