MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (WAVY) — In an auditorium packed with the military's full complement of general and flag officers, some who traveled thousands of miles after being ordered just last week to attend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared his vision for a new military Tuesday morning as he paced the stage in front of a giant American flag.

"No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship," Hegseth said.

Hegseth asked the military brass to imagine their own sons serving in the military.

"Would you want him to serve with fat, or unfit, or undertrained troops? Or alongside people who can't make basic standards? The answer is not just no. It's hell no," Hegseth said.

Hegseth decried what he calls the ideological garbage that had infecte

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