War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a fiery address to America’s top generals, declaring a new era for the U.S. military—one centered on strength, discipline, and victory, not political correctness.
He made it clear that the Pentagon’s days of indulging in woke policies, diversity mandates, and lowered standards are over.
“From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit,” Hegseth declared.
The speech, delivered to senior officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico, was a direct rebuke of decades of policies that emphasized diversity and inclusion over military readiness.
“It’s unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon … It’s a bad look, and it’s not who we are!” Hegseth said, receiving loud applause from the assembled brass.
He outlined a set of sweeping reforms that would apply across every branch of the armed forces. Physical standards will be uniform, gender-neutral, and uncompromising.
“Standards must be uniform, gender neutral, and high — if not, they’re not standards,” he told the audience.
From now on, every service member will take a physical fitness test twice a year, and daily physical training will be mandatory.
Hegseth made clear that this training would not be “light stretching or hot yoga” but “real hard PT” designed to sharpen warriors for combat.
He blasted the weakening of the armed forces through the rise of DEI requirements, identity politics, and what he described as “gender delusion.”
“No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses, no more climate change worship, no more division, distraction or gender delusion, no more debris … we are done with that s-,” Hegseth thundered.
The War Secretary also emphasized discipline and grooming standards. “No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression … We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” he said.
In his speech, Hegseth explained that his mission is to restore the warrior ethos that made the U.S. military the most powerful fighting force in the world.
