Posted on 03/10/2025 2:33:20 AM PDT by Libloather
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that his department "does not do climate change crap," but instead focuses on things like warfighting and training.
The secretary was responding to a post from CNN’s Haley Britzky, who shared a story about the DOD and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting programs in the Pentagon that deal with climate change.
"The DOD and DOGE have said they plan to cut climate programs in the Pentagon – but officials & experts are warning that climate efforts at DOD are directly linked to military readiness, and say cuts could put troops and military operations at risk," Britzky wrote.
CNN reportedly reached out to the Pentagon with a list of questions about military readiness, Britzky added.
"...Pentagon Spox John Ullyot said ‘Climate zealotry and other woke chimeras of the Left are not part’ of DOD’s mission," Britzky posted.
After seeing the post, Hegseth weighed in.
"John is, of course, correct," the defense secretary wrote. "The @DeptofDefense does not do climate change crap. We do training and warfighting."
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Love this. So spot on.
I really like Hegseth...Reminds me of Patton...
I fail to understand what one has to do with the other, except soldiers need decent forecasting in order to operate more effectively. Our soldiers are not at war with Mother Nature, and our weather forecasters can’t seem to get that down very well, with billions of dollars in satellites, equipment, offices, personnel, they can’t predict tomorrows weather accurately. If they can’t do that, how can they possibly know what’s ahead in years from now? Isn’t N.Y. city supposed to be under water? Ridiculous.
Does the Navy still use that special diesel fuel that costs twice as much as regular?
Climate change is a scam perpetuated on the West by the chinese communists. Their bought and paid for politicians promote these lies to deindustrialize the west, destroy their economies so the CCP’s influence will reign. Germany and Western Europe are gone, completely captured. Canada is on the brink of being gone. It is evil and a big lie.
If they are on a government salary then they need to be fired.
It's raining - kill the enemy.
It's snowing - kill the enemy.
It's a scorching 120 degrees - kill the enemy.
It's windy - kill the enemy.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood - kill the enemy.
That would be a great target for DOGE.
DOD Secy Hegseth said his department “does not do climate change crap,”
it’s focused since time immemorial on things like warfighting and training.
The secretary was responding to CNN’s story about DOD and DOGE cutting Pentagon programs
dealing with climate change, ridiculously claiming cutting lefty programs is a ntl security threat.
Yup, a great way to start the morning...WINNING!
“cutting programs in the Pentagon that deal with climate change.”
What?? I didn’t even know that was going on! Are they kidding me? And I thought the office of DEI in the military was bad, what the hell does the military have to do with “climate chage”? Are they going to shoot the carbon atoms out of the sky? Unbelievable! Where the hell were the Republicans when all this BS was being put in place?
Love this. So spot on.
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Yesterday I was sitting outside and the nice blue sky and puffy clouds registered with me that there was no aerial spraying in sight anywhere. I hope that crap has finally ended.
The only climate change program at DoD I would support is more SEALS </sarc>
Yeah - I get all that.
I was asking about the diesel fuel.
I wish he would have said, “We don’t that gay and retarded climate change crap”.
I’d say list one climate change initiative that affects the military. There isn’t any and I remember the the BS biodegradable fuel they tried in aircraft. Unbelievably expensive and lower performance parameters on an aircraft used for war carrying missiles, bombs and ammo... that’s how brain dead these climate environmentalist are.
Excellent plan. Even better, the new unwoke DOD will follow it. What a difference 6 weeks has made!
DOD sending Emergency Duct Tape shipments to liberals everywhere to keep their brains from exploding.
As well as the officials and experts mentioned by Sirius Lee. They should be out looking for honest work.
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