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In reply to the discussion: 'It's a bad look!' Pete Hegseth uses unprecedented meeting to bash 'fat generals' [View all]Wiz Imp
(7,581 posts)44. Why is nobody here mentioning the most frightening part of Hegseth's speech?
Hegseth said he is loosening disciplinary rules and weakening hazing protections, putting a heavy focus on removing many of the guardrails the military had put in place after numerous scandals and investigations
He said he was ordering a review of the departments definitions of so-called toxic leadership, bullying and hazing to empower leaders to enforce standards without fear of retribution or second guessing.
The defense secretary called for changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records that will allow leaders with forgivable, earnest, or minor infractions to not be encumbered by those infractions in perpetuity.
Bullying and toxic leadership has been the suspected and confirmed cause behind numerous military suicides over the past several years, including the very dramatic suicide of Brandon Caserta, a young sailor who was bullied into killing himself in 2018.
He said he was ordering a review of the departments definitions of so-called toxic leadership, bullying and hazing to empower leaders to enforce standards without fear of retribution or second guessing.
The defense secretary called for changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records that will allow leaders with forgivable, earnest, or minor infractions to not be encumbered by those infractions in perpetuity.
Bullying and toxic leadership has been the suspected and confirmed cause behind numerous military suicides over the past several years, including the very dramatic suicide of Brandon Caserta, a young sailor who was bullied into killing himself in 2018.
https://www.wyff4.com/article/hegseth-trump-military-directives-meeting-quantico/68130609
He apparently think Jack Nicholson was the good guy in the movie "A Few Good Men".
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'It's a bad look!' Pete Hegseth uses unprecedented meeting to bash 'fat generals' [View all]
turbinetree
Tuesday
OP
Dry drunk with christo-fascist tattoos and greasy hair is just as bad a look. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Tuesday
#3