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Posted on 10/07/2025 11:57:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “my way or the highway” message to hundreds of generals and admirals at a summit in Virginia last week has sparked fears that some top leaders may choose to bow out of the U.S. military entirely.
The departure of two senior leaders last week stoked those worries, though the Pentagon says they were unrelated to Hegseth’s ultimatum.
“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,” Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel and former military lawyer who watched the speech, said of Hegseth.
The two senior military leaders to leave were Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command, and Gen. Bryan Fenton, head of U.S. Special Operations Command based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.
Bussiere, who was appointed by President Trump, was previously nominated to serve as the Air Force’s vice chief of staff in August, but his nomination was pulled just weeks later.
In his retirement announcement, posted to Facebook on Tuesday, he cited “personal and family reasons” as the main driver for his departure, noting he had made the “difficult” decision after much reflection.
Fenton’s retirement came after three years in the role. “FWIW, Gen. Fenton was planning on retiring, it was not tied to SecWar’s speech,” Kristina Wong, an adviser to Hegseth, wrote last week on the social platform X.
The high-profile exits came just hours after Hegseth’s speech to hundreds of top admirals and generals in Quantico, Va., in which he outlined his vision of a military void of “woke garbage,” proposing less restrictive rules of engagement and fewer waivers that allow troops to have a beard. He also declared he would curtail...
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They sure do get their panties all bunched up, don’t they?
“Fears”
He told them to resign.
>> Were those 0bama’s or Biden’s generals?
Yes.
As there is already a desire in the administration to reduce the excessive population in the higher military grades, this would seem to be the point.
Nail on the head
If that speech made someone consider quitting for even a moment, I hope they ride that feeling and get out of the way.
“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,”
That’s not an expert, that’s just an opinion. This retired Air Force Colonel JAG thought Hegseth was spot on and said what a lot of us have been saying for 20 years. By the time I retired (1Jan16), there seemed to be a roughly even split among O6 and above between liberal and conservative. When I started, it was about 95% conservative. Disgusting.
Colonel, USAF JAGC (Ret)
This happens in the private sector every single day.
New bosses come in and set the tone. If you don’t want play along, then HR will be happy assist you with your retirement papers.
Why are the people in DC so “shocked” by this? It should happen more often to these people.
Fear of departures? Certainly not from those who would be promoted into those positions.
Yeah, dropping the woke garbage is easy compared to losing weight.
It will be informative to check out the retirement photos.
Methinks the fat arses who have tried and couldn’t lose weight will be the first to go.
Does this post need a sarcasm tag? LOL
Rather and Mapes
The group that coined the phrase false but accuraate.
What would you say you do here general?
I’m a people person.
I process TPS reports.
I’m glad to hear some of the turds in the lower senior and upper mid tier ranks are bowing out. That’s what we want. There should have been a massive purge after scouring the social media posts, associations, words and actions of all military officers O5 on up to find the leftist scum.
Does following orders suddenly become optional when one becomes a general?
Bears repeating.
fears ... yeah, right ... fears by the hard left and their corporate propaganda media partners that their infiltration of the DoW is being hunted down and dismantled ...
Dear GEN Halftrack;
Thank you for your service; however, you are not the sort of leader needed in today's WAR Department. Your resignation will be accepted at 0600 tomorrow.
-SECWAR Hegseth
A Flag Officer who does not want to be in command when TSHTF, should not be in command when TSHTF ... or at any other time.
A Soldier|Sailor|Airman|Marine|Guardian of any rank who does not want to be in uniform when TSHTF should not be in uniform when TSHTF ... or at any other time.
It’s not a social program ... it’s the WAR Department.
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