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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 02:44 PM Oct 7

Kegbreath's ultimatum to generals sparks fears of departures [View all]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “my way or the highway” message to hundreds of generals and admirals at a summit in Virginia last week has sparked fears that some top leaders may choose to bow out of the U.S. military entirely.

The departure of two senior leaders last week stoked those worries, though the Pentagon says they were unrelated to Hegseth’s ultimatum.

“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,” Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel and former military lawyer who watched the speech, said of Hegseth.

The two senior military leaders to leave were Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command, and Gen. Bryan Fenton, head of U.S. Special Operations Command based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-ultimatum-generals-sparks-fears-100000563.html

Who wouldn't want to work for Cadet Bonespurs and his chuggin, pukin, National Guard major?

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