Policy & Strategy - The Department of Defense aims to fix decades of decay caused by foolish and reckless politicians focusing on the wrong things [1] - The Department is ending the "war on warriors" by removing distractions and clearing the way for leaders to lead [2] - The Department intends to remove social justice, politically correct, and toxic ideological garbage that had infected it [6] - Common sense is back, and changes are straightforward, with President Trump's expectation [7] Standards & Merit - The Department must restore a ruthless, dispassionate, and common sense application of standards [11] - Standards must be uniform, gender-neutral, and high; otherwise, they are just suggestions [12] - Leaders should be promoted based on merit, performance, and war fighting abilities, not on race, gender quotas, or historic firsts [2][11] Personnel & Training - The Secretary of Defense would want his son to join the kind of unit that every parent deserves to have their child join [9] - The Department does not want troops serving with fat, unfit, or undertrained individuals, or where standards were lowered [10][11]

Monica, another new headline here. The White House, well, last week confirming that Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth is planning to hold this rare last minute meeting tomorrow with hundreds of senior military officers. It's happening just outside of Washington.We are learning more details about President Trump's involvement. What can you tell us. Yeah, and this was unusual when we first learned about it, despite the White House saying that it wasn't, that they thought this was a positive gathering of the top ge ...

Do you think that NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace. >> Yes, I do. >> Would you back them up.Would the United States help them out in some way. >> Depends on the circumstance, but you know, we're very strong toward NATO. NATO stepped up.You know, when they went from 2% to 5%. That was great unity. Trillions of dollars is being pumped in and they're paying us for the weapons that we sent.We gave the money to Ukraine to fight and we've uh they've proven they're ver ...

The Trump administration is trying to make it even harder for reporters at the Pentagon to do their jobs of keeping us all aware of what the Defense Department is up to. NPR reports that going forward, journalists must sign a pledge not to gather any information, including unclassified reports, that has not been authorized for release. Those who fail to obey will lose their press credentials. Basically, don't do reporting. The National Press Club blasted the move, saying in a statement in part, quote, "This ...

US Defense Strategy & Policy - The discussion revolves around the US Department of Defense, with concerns raised about renaming the agency and its potential impact on military strength [1][2][3] - The report emphasizes the importance of strategic investments in defense to maintain the US as the strongest military power [2][3] - The analysis highlights the need for careful consideration of actions in escalating situations, such as those involving Venezuela, including the importance of intelligence gathering and force protection [4][5][6] Congressional Oversight & Covert Operations - The report raises concerns about the White House acting independently without informing key members of Congress, particularly regarding covert operations [10][12] - It references a specific instance of SEAL Team Six conducting a covert mission in North Korea in 2019, raising questions about congressional awareness and legal compliance [12][14] - The report underscores the importance of informing key congressional members about covert missions, citing the briefing of congressional leaders on the Osama bin Laden raid as an example of best practice [16] Risk Assessment & Leadership - The discussion acknowledges the inherent risks in national security operations, citing both the North Korea mission and the raid on Osama bin Laden as examples [19] - It emphasizes that leadership involves taking calculated risks to protect national security interests [20]

So, this is something we thought long and hard about. We've been talking about it for months. Pete and I and Dan, we've been talking about this uh Department of War.So, we won the First World War, we won the Second World War, we won everything before that and in between and then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So, we're going Department of War. And uh I'd like to ask our uh Secretary of War to say a few words.Uh Pete Hex said I think it's a much more appropriate name ...

Military Strategy - Latvia aims to expand its armed forces by potentially drafting women into the military starting in 2028 [1]

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On Wednesday, China's Communist Party will hold a military parade like this one broadcast on state TV in 2015 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific. But the general public isn't allowed to go. The CNBC bureau overlooks Caran Avenue, which is the primary parade route.So, in theory, we could watch the celebrations from here, but the government won't allow it. The building authorities have told us to keep the window shut and not to be in the office during the event. >> Why ...

Trump isn't announcing any firings, right. Everybody just gets to be an ambassador to something when they get pushed out in this term. But in the military and national security part of the US government, if you watch what they're actually doing, it is really starting to look like mass firings of everyone with any kind of standing, everyone of consequence.I mean, Trump's people didn't just fire all of the senior lawyers in the US military. They fired or pushed out the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, u ...