Hegseth Calls Urgent Meeting For All Generals

[RescueRanger]

Everyone seems to like to bust on President Trump having not served so I felt obligated to bring that up.

Other notables who avoided service in Vietnam at all costs include none other than the man himself, Bill Clinton.

Notable update regarding Leon Panetta. He served from 1964-1966 in the Army Military Intelligence Corps. With US involvement in Vietnam escalating, it was certainly odd he would be discharged.

To be honest I don't really care if POTUS served, that should not be the sole requirement for a President. But I do feel that the Secretary of Defence should have stronger military credentials.

That said your Sec. War is 100% better than our disaster...

O/T...


"Foot, meet mouth"... What an unmitigated disaster this granddad is turning out to be for us. Every interview he participates in, turns into a PR nightmare for Islamabad.

 

[Meengla]

A text message from my very liberal friend just now. The 'politico jousting' he is referring to is a last weekend's bar chat. I don't know FDT and FPH but could Google! My guess is 'F Donald Trump' and 'F Pete Hagseth'. Hahah!
(I am not forming an opinion on the Hagseth summon yet).

"Sorry I missed out on the politico jousting. Speaking of we know now why Hegseth had all these Military generals and other high ranking officers that were called for a "DC" meeting on millions of taxpayers dollars mind you. The Orange menace is claimimg to groom them for "training", er occupying US cities. Both he and Hegseth said if they didn't like it they could walk out course without rank and pay. Wish every last one of them had gotten up and called their bluff and walked out of there. Wouldn't have been enuf officers in the rank and file to replace them and would force their hand. I truly doubt most of the military is onboard with "The enemy within". If this is implemented look for exodus of many in cities. FDT and FPH!"

 

[Starlord]

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Idk why but this meeting remind me of this video lol I was rolling on the floor when i first saw this.

 

[Meengla]

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The 'Careerists'. We were just 'following the orders'. That's what most of the people in the world are.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

"Sorry I missed out on the politico jousting. Speaking of we know now why Hegseth had all these Military generals and other high ranking officers that were called for a "DC" meeting on millions of taxpayers dollars mind you. The Orange menace is claimimg to groom them for "training", er occupying US cities. "

A lot of people are not aware but the military already does conduct a lot of training in urban and city environments. The Marines recently held an exercise in Phoenix.

These are not secret. The details are often announced because in some locations, people lose their minds when they see SF troops fast roping from helicopters in the middle of the night.

 

[Meengla]

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Idk why but this meeting remind me of this video lol I was rolling on the floor when i first saw this.

OMG! Thank you!!! Just this last weekend, a guy sang this song as karaoke and I was wondering what that was--the Gen Zs, who don't subscribe to much politics, just stared--but just now I played this and my wife recognized the song!! Hahaha!!!

 

[Starlord]

OMG! Thank you!!! Just this last weekend, a guy sang this song as karaoke and I was wondering what that was--the Gen Zs, who don't subscribe to much politics, just stared--but just now I played this and my wife recognized the song!! Hahaha!!!

I saw this first time on Twitter, someone posted it there and I was dropped dead on the floor laughing lol

 

[MH.Yang]

Bingo
Trump will continue Obama’s pivot to Asia, withdrawal from Europe, from Middle east, from Africa, focusing on China.
then the endgame can begin.

America's golden shield program only protects the US, not its allies. American tariffs are also slaughtering its allies. So don't expect China and the to be so stupid as to perish together. The US is preparing to withdraw to America and wait for China's population problem to erupt.

 

[j_hungary]

Except this is Trump, and he cares more about domestic concerns. Perhaps it is for public consumption, his speech today about an enemy within, and his real focus is on China. But with Trump he seems serious on domestic matters; so a new war maybe in the planning stages. But I don’t think that war is China, but rather Venezuela.

Considering how much Biden armed Ukraine, and seeing the writing on the wall, who is to stop the Russians from shipping tons of arms to Venezuela (and probably Columbia considering Trump’s animus to the leader of that country and how it’s a major route for illegal immigration).

If the Venezuelan war turns into an insurgency, it could become another Iraq war with Columbia as safe haven for Pro-Maduro militants, and that would define the remaining years of the Trump administration, allowing China to focus on reunification.

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Nah, Trump's word is more like putting troops in an American city, not in Venezuela, he literally said "the war (or threat, I don't remember his rant) is within" and LA is a warzone.

He is putting the military on alert to deploy nationwide, well, when I say nationwide, I mean in Blue State. What he said yesterday is literally a challenge to the Constitution and the power of Congress, if we are hearing this 9 months into his presidency, which means he is planning something by the end of it.

At this point, I would not be surprised at all if Trump sometime down the road before 26 or 28 and declare martial law and disband the congress, this is what paving for now, if you ask me.

 

[j_hungary]

Firstly I want to be open and honest and say, I am not an American nor have any stake in American internal matters - so I have no dog in this debate - but I just find it perplexing.

I want you all to Just picture this for one moment- the combined military experience in this room full of 800 of the top leaders of the American military would be around 28,000 years or so. All these leaders, each an authority in their respective field - had to sit through a pointless dressing down by a self-important braggart dressed up in a monkey suit who's military career ended at the grand rank of Major in the National Guard... "A MAJOR"!

To quote one of my favourite writers - Max DePree
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."

This is not how you treat the cream of your crop!

Body Language says everything. Morale ain't so great right now!

@Panzerkiel

It did look like asking a private to dress up like a Prussian general, tho? If you know what I mean. And we all know how that war ended.

This is not going to make the Military better, it never is, and I talked to my friend again, and this time his reply was simple, "What else do you expect?"

There is already dissent within the military rank on how this admin is being handled. This is going to be nuts to go thru his speech, I tune in for 2 minutes before I realise I don't need to listen to this shit anymore.

 

[j_hungary]

Don't take this as a defense of the current SecDef (or SecWar) but he's not the only one to have never achieved flag rank. Others include:

- Mark Esper - Lt.Col., US Army
- Patrick Shanahan - never served
- Ash Carter - never served
- Chuck Hagel - Sergeant, US Army
- Leon Panetta - 1st. Lieutenant, US Army
- Don Rumsfeld - Captain, USN, so that would make him an O-6
- William Cohen - never served
- William J. Perry - 2nd Lieutenant, US Army
- Les Aspin - Captain, US Army
- Dick Cheney - never served. 5 draft deferrals during the Vietnam War
- Clark Clifford - Captain, US Navy
- Robert McNamara - Lt. Col., US Air Force

That is just a sampling of 12. A full 1/3 never served. None rose higher than O-6. The most recent SecDefs who were flag officers were Mattis and then Austin.

Not sure if it was you or someone, I had a discussion before and I think the job SecDef should not have any military experience at all, that post is (or was) supposed to be a civilian oversight of the miltiary, we are not a military junta, we don't need or require a military supervision of the military, if this is a civilian matter, then it only make sense if the head of that department was a civilian.

SecDef is about National Defence Policy, not necessarily the control and direct management of the Armed Forces. And this problem was highlighted when the UK promoted Penny Mordaunt to become Secretary of State for Defence when she achieve a rank of Sub-Lieutenant, and subsequently bumped her rank to a Captain (that's a 5 rank jump)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt

That said, if you are completely alright with what Hagseth said last night, well.....

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well that was an awkward day

Little bit more , of this....PT training for every old General
High Energy
More Cardio

Going to the Olympics ....

Rank of Major , addressing 800 Generals telling them they need to do Physical training



Major Sahib Hegseth , want all general who ages are between 50-60ish pass physical training twice in year


How can a Junior Rank Major , be bossing around 800 Generals?

And I thought this was about to happen, some sort of Alien Invasion

 

[harpy1]

Your dead right I do like Hegseth he is proper defense secretary

Real Spartan warrior type

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

You didn't just derailed the Physical Training thread into Indian issue with Crash jets & Debris

We have to discuss the PT training , important stuff

Major(rank) Sahib Hegseth , wanted to give his speech like Independence day move but topic was Physical Training

He could have done a Skype meeting , whole world is working remotely (Skype did get shut down but I am sure something else exist for remote meetings)

 

[harpy1]

You didn't just derailed the Physical Training thread into Indian issue with Crash jets

We have to discuss the PT training , important stuff

Major Sahib Hegseth , wanted to give his speech like Independence day move but topic was Physical Training

I also ask did they really summon 800 generals for a lecture on appearance

Somebody here said it's to discuss
China next war
Russia threat to NATO
India letting USA down

Which I found hilarious btw