Hegseth’s hectic military

赫格塞特的繁忙军旅

Today, Explained

2025-10-03

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered top military officials to DC for a surprise lecture on the "warrior ethos." Chaos ensued. With Hegseth, it usually does. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru and Devan Schwartz, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. Secretary Hegseth speaking to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, you will know,

  • summoned around 800 military brass to Quantico this week for a lecture about lethality,

  • about wokeness, about warfighting, about shaving.

  • We're going to cut our hair, shave our beards, and adhere to standards.

  • A lot about shaving.

  • No more beardos.

  • The era of rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles has gone.

  • President Trump, meanwhile, continuing to live every week like it's Shark Week,

  • talked about all of it.

  • So one thing with Obama, I had zero respect for him as a president,

  • but he would bop down those stairs I've never seen.

  • And threatened yet again to deploy the military to American cities.

  • Months ago, a texting scandal threatened Pete Hegceth's future.

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