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Pete Hegseth Military Education / Experience

Posted on 11/26/2024 9:13:57 AM PST by timza

I have searched using my limited ability to find the military education of Pete Hegseth. I cannot find anything except he attended Basic Training at Fort Benning, GA. That is very poor reporting. Officers do not attend Basic Training, they attend the Infantry Officers Basic Course. But I digress. What advanced military schooling has he attended? His actual military experience is quite limited. So I am curious of his capability. I like the guy, but I am curious as to how he would respond to the following questions asked off the cuff.

What is CMOC and how is it composed?

What are and explain the three levels of warfare.

What is the difference between mobile and area defense?

What are and explain the US principles of war. How are they applied?

What are the major training commands of each of the military services.

Distinguish between combined operations, joint operations, combined arms operations, and special operations.

What is a Joint Event Life Cycle?

The U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) comprises at least twenty-six agencies, each with specific roles and responsibilities. How does each agency report to the Secretary of Defense? What is the Chain of Command for the numerous DOD agencies? How are their functions synchronized to support the overall DOD mission?


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: experience; vanity
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To: Joann37

If he were really loyal to Trump he would withdraw rather than drsg his Commander in Chief through what’s guaranteed to be a confirmation mess.


21 posted on 11/26/2024 9:44:55 AM PST by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: timza

Give me a break! We have SecDef after SecDef with no apparent clue what our services are supposed to do to be ready for war. We have had dilettantes, blowhards, people in bed the the defense industry, DEI imbeciles and so on.

It’s time for a real leader - with real world experience- to take over.

You head on back to Hillary.


22 posted on 11/26/2024 9:45:08 AM PST by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: timza

Do you want another beltway suit or someone who has smelled the cordite?

He is intelligent, combat experienced and knows how the military works. He might be considered an outsider by the politicians but that is a good thing.


23 posted on 11/26/2024 9:47:43 AM PST by Pirate Ragnar
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To: timza

Officers do not attend Basic Training, they attend the Infantry Officers Basic Course.

All depends how he was commissioned. West Point, ROTC, OCS

Some officers go thru basic and the MOS they choose dictates where they go to basic trainng.

If you enlist in the infantry, you go to Ft Benning. If you choose to pursue a commission, you put in for OCS. When you graduate OCS you choos what branch you want.

If you choose Infantry Officer, AFTER you graduate you go to the Infantry Officer school. Then off to Jump and Ranger school.

If you choose tanks, you go to the Armor Officer School


24 posted on 11/26/2024 9:50:14 AM PST by qaz123
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To: timza

None of the democraps picks could answer those questions. None.


25 posted on 11/26/2024 9:51:07 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Who will eat him alive?

All the officers at the Pentagon? The ones who can be relieved of command and tossed out if they don’t follow his orders? They guy who’s giving orders with the full suppprt of the CINC.

A CINC who is a lot wiser to what snakes so many are.

Hell, just ask for an investigation as to why DOD failed another audit, that alone will start cleaning house.

Start off with how command interfered with adopting a Sig pistol over a Glock.


26 posted on 11/26/2024 9:55:10 AM PST by qaz123
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To: timza

27 posted on 11/26/2024 9:58:23 AM PST by Bratch
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Donald Trump

Appoints incompetent buffoons.

28 posted on 11/26/2024 10:02:22 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: CodeToad

To all my new found Free Republic friends. This is not the time to compare with past failures and to justify this course of action. I believe it is possible Hegseth could do just fine. But to reply to some of your responses. I retired as an Army Major. By the way, the rank of Major is quite low on the pecking order. I could answer and implement every question I posed save the numerous DoD agency one. Loyalty to and from another individual has nothing to do with capability. None of the responses about his military service answered my original question. His degree from Princeton, though noteworthy, is not military schooling.


29 posted on 11/26/2024 10:05:31 AM PST by timza ( “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual" T. Roosevelt)
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To: Robert DeLong

“...a tattoo that has been associated with...”

Make that “a tattoo that leftoids want us to believe is associated with...”

You have to read carefully to expose the bias.


30 posted on 11/26/2024 10:06:37 AM PST by DPMD
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To: be-baw

Is it possible women have a problem with him instead? Your post suggests so.


31 posted on 11/26/2024 10:08:36 AM PST by DPMD
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To: timza

Pete Hegseth is not an inside-the-beltway swampocrat.

That right there is sufficent qualification.

Additionally, I voted for Donald Trump. I didn’t vote for “timza”. President Trump gets the team he wants. “timza” and others bitching about it are assistant democrats.


32 posted on 11/26/2024 10:09:41 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Give us the resume for Miller.

In the event he’s not available, who are your Plan B’s, and their CV’s?


33 posted on 11/26/2024 10:10:35 AM PST by DPMD
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To: NorthMountain

This photo is incredulous. Lloyd Austin is dressed like he a General of some African country.


34 posted on 11/26/2024 10:14:05 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: clintonh8r

Put a dress on him, some dark makeup and the dems would be kissing his butt. He has all the qualities he needs now to do the job. The Pentagon loses wars, pushes WOKE and folks aren’t even signing up to join.

Plus they waste money, get cushy retirement jobs with companies they throw cash too... they left billions of dollars worth of high tech weapons for the Afghans to sell to the Chinese... THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

MOST OF US HERE COULD DO BETTER.


35 posted on 11/26/2024 10:15:11 AM PST by GOPJ (MAGA is not a historical blip. It is a trend https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4280749/posts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Les Aspin? I doubt anyone could be worse.


36 posted on 11/26/2024 10:16:14 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: timza

I tis obvious by your “questions” and your comments that you have zero executive leadership experience.


37 posted on 11/26/2024 10:17:31 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I am truly incredulous at how incredibly bad Lloyd Austin has been as SecDef. If Biden’t handlers had deliberately set out to select the least competent candidate, they could hardly have done worse.


38 posted on 11/26/2024 10:19:12 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: timza
Is he going to take a couple of weeks off and not tell anyone where he is? Is he going to withdraw troops before withdrawing American citizens and friends and leave behind $85 billion for the enemy?

It's a pretty low bar to beat what we've had in the last 4 years. A major feather in his hat will be that he supports Trump and won't sell him down the river at the drop of a hat. I'm sure there will be loads of testimony from former team mates that know his reactions under fire. Planning for battles and war is done by egg heads anyway.

The way it's going to work under Trump is Trump will make the decision and pass it on to Hegseth and he will say "Yes Sir" and make it happen. Having a base of patriotism and common sense is pretty much the requirements needed by Sec of Defense. Planning will most likely come from CIA, NSC, and other secret organizations. We need to remove more of the secret clearances of the traitors in the last regime. We don't need people that sided with Biden or the enemies of the US. They certainly don't need jobs at CNN and MSNBC. I'm frankly against these people being within throwing distance of sensitive information. Let's let Trump pick his own people. These guys with medals pinned to their chests have probably done less war fighting than Hegseth. Sec of Defense in the past have usually been peacocks that could speak on TV rather than war fighters.

39 posted on 11/26/2024 10:19:13 AM PST by chuckles
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To: Pirate Ragnar

Pete’s CIB trumps all.


40 posted on 11/26/2024 10:19:51 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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