I was extremely impressed with Pete Hegseth’s speech yesterday. It hit all the problems that the Obama and Biden administrations had foisted on our military. Ever since my son was in ROTC, I couldn’t understand why there was one set of standards for men and a watered down standard for women. Unless you are in a military family you have no idea what the military life entails.
I was talking to my daughter about the speech and only got as far as the overweight generals being told to shape up or ship out when her TDS took over. She blasted Trump for eliminating soldiers that had devoted their lives to the military. Feelings over facts. She felt they were ignoring the knowledge they possessed and focused on their weight. My father-in-law, an ex Air Force gunner during WWII, was at the same weight at 86 when he passed as when he was in the Air Force. A general in his 60’s should be able to state the same. The military is no place to maintain soldiers that are not up to the task, in mind and body.
Knowledge is of no value when overweight people cannot handle the stress. Physical fitness translates into focused performance amid chaos and fatigue.