"Fired because of the inability to blindly follow and kiss the butts of maga idiots."

Military personnel are not allowed to be critical of government officials.

Whatcha do is make up meme's.

There are "OpSec Clear" posters around my office. Broken computers are marked "DOGE."

My fave though, by far, is a quad picture.

One quadrant has Aragorn stating, "You have my sword."

The next has Legolas saying, "and you have my bow."

The third one has Gimli saying, "and you have my axe."

The third has Saruman asking "am I supposed to be in this group chat?"

I've been in or working with the military since 1994. I don't think I have ever seen an administration for which service members had so little respect. Maybe Clinton, but I don't think it extended beyond him as a person. This administration is just a goldmine of memes.

There were a lot of Jim Mattis memes when he was SEDEF, but they were all positive memes.

"Is this a recent change?"

Nope.

It's always been this way.

But most of the time, the administration didn't care that much.

This one does.

"US military officers today must be feeling similar anxieties the way Soviet military officers felt in the 1930s (but without the firing squad): "Will I be next?"

The up side is that there are probably 10-15 European countries that would hire them on as advisors, or maybe commission them directly. A decade or so ago, Australia was hiring US officers to fly their F-18s and instruct at their different training schools.

"The Trumpf junta produced the only SECDEF that I am aware of who was booed by military families."

The dude is a joke. He has no credibility with the troops.

I kinda feel bad for the guy. Trump wanted a lapdog, so he hired a national guard major whose biggest accomplishment was being a media personality. That in and of itself is interesting, but its his behavior while acting as SECDEF that has the force laughing at him.

Most of the time, the position of SECDEF is immaterial to the troops. They just don't care. Mattis was an exception-he was loved. I'm not sure why, but he was. This dude is getting ridiculed.

"So if I am understanding you correctly you are saying that you (and the troops) have "lost confidence in his ability to lead"."

Yes. That's exactly what I am saying.

I'm not the US military...that's a much larger organization. But for those who occupy my office, Hegseth is something of a joke.

I don't know how long he will last. When you're constantly being protested or made fun of, it's hard to lead.

Trump went through five SECDEFs during his 1st term. lets see if he can beat that record.