• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Hegseth was only O-4 at the end of his career, which was basically as a reservist, sidelined as an insider threat due to his white nationalist tattoos.

    When Hegseth was an O-3, he was an instructor teaching counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. That was his entire time as O-3.

    As a lieutenant, Hegseth ‘commanded’ a small squad stationed at Guantanamo Bay. That was his only experience in command.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      Jfc that’s even worse.

      He’s basically a military motivational speaker. Explains his meathead nonsense he blathers even at formal press briefings.

      I figured he would have at least had a command of a combat unit, in a war zone, at some point… apparently not?