Hegesh is rolled against ‘Wake’, presents speech standards to the main generals, Almirantes

In a speech on Tuesday morning before an auditorium full of several hundred most experienced military commanders in the nation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked for the end of “awakening” culture in the army and criticized a litany of complaints such as diversity and probes to the steps.

“The era of politically correct leadership, too sensitive and of the feelings that are not stolen at this time,” Hegseth said at the meeting at a base of the Marines’ body in Quantico, Virginia, a safe place at one hour south of the capital of the nation.

Hegseth asked “no more division, distraction or gender delusions” in an extraordinarily forceful speech about the importance of “warrior spirit”, a term that uses to describe the spirit that makes the combat units effective.

“We must be prepared,” he said. “Or we are ready to win or we are not.”

Hegseth, who served as an infantry officer in the US Army Guard racial and end the restrictions for young for the young for the batting camp.

He did not demand more “fat generals”, saying that all members of the service would need to comply with physical conditioning tests and toilet standards.

“No more Beardos,” he said. “The era of unacceptable appearance is over.”

“In a nutshell, if you do not meet the physical standards at the male level for combat positions, you cannot pass a PT test or do not want to shave and look professional, it is time for a new position or a new profession.”

He said that he is also “reviewing” the office of the inspector general of the Department of Defense that is investigating him for creating a culture of “walking on egg shells” that said “has been armed, putting fans, ideologues and bad performers in the driver’s seat.”

“The dumb and reckless political leaders established the course of the wrong compass and lost our path. We became the ‘Awaked Department’, but no longer,” he said.

He justified the dismissal of General CQ Brown as president of the Jefes of Staff and Chief of Naval Operations, Lisa Franchetti and other high -level leaders.

Hegseth said his justification “has been simple”, arguing that it is difficult to change a culture with people who benefited from that previous culture.

Brown never pressed “quotas” for promotions within the army, which is based on a system based on the merit that Hegseth said that too many people were unfairly punished for “toxic leadership.” Brown and others pushed the idea of ​​recruiting a broader section in America so that the military looks more like the nation to which it serves.

The secretary added that the department is “cleaning the way for leaders to be leaders.”

“You could say that we are finishing the war against the warriors,” said Hegseth, who now goes through the title “Secretary of War,” he said.

He told his audience that if all the new standards have presented makes their “hearts sink”, then they should resign.

Hegseth pressed hard, as part of the broader brand change ordered by Trump, the importance of enforcing combat standards that keep lethal troops.

Trump followed Hegseth with his own speech, saying that, as president, he would turn his back on him and that he is committed to making the army “stronger, harder, faster, more fierce and more powerful than it has been before.”

The president argued that the work of the military is not only to protect the United States from threats abroad, but also to what he repeatedly referred to as a domestic enemy in US cities.

“I told Pete that we should use some of these dangerous cities as training fields for our military national guard,” said Trump, who said that “we are under invasion from the inside.”

During most of his speech, Trump talked about several other issues, including his statements that more foreign conflicts have ended than previous presidents.

Trump also took vaccines against his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, and his management of the United States troops from Afghanistan, calling him “was the most shameful moment in the history of our country.”

The president also attributed the increase in military enlistments and ended what he said they were unjust promotions and standards.

“We went through the political policy where you had to have people who were not suitable for what you are doing,” he said. “Now everything is based on merit.”

Last week, the general and flag officers were told at the level of a star and above that they would fly to Quantico from their service stations with only several days of prior notice and without indications of what the meeting could be discussed.

The Pentagon declined to comment on the meeting, and the speculation quickly spread that the meeting could have to do with urgent cuts to the military force or the national defense strategy, which would establish new priorities for the second Trump administration and could change the way the troops are trained and equip themselves.

The Department of Defense, which now cools for Trump and Hegseth as the “War Department”, has not said how much it costs to fly in so many people in the last minute, although it is widely expected to cost several hundred thousand dollars.

The event occurs when the government is becoming a possible closure that could force some 2 million troops to work without paying if an expense bill does not approve of Congress at midnight on Wednesday.

The majority of military personnel are on their way to being paid on October 1, authorities said on Monday. But after that, the troops would be at the mercy of the negotiations in Capitol Hill, which remain at a dead point.

According to a contingency plan published by the Pentagon this weekend, all active service troops should continue working. The Plan says that contracts can also advance, but under greater scrutiny with priority given to efforts to ensure the southern border of the United States and build the American missile shield of Trump known as “Golden Dome”, as well as operations in the Middle East and naval construction.

It has been speculated that commanders traveling from all over the world to listen to Trump and Hegseth speak on Tuesday could be trapped in their workplaces assigned if the government closes that night. But according to the Government Guide, the staff must return home as soon as possible if a closure occurs while a work trip is made.

Any travel cost incurred after the closure is reimbursable once the expense resumes.

-ABC News’ Karen Travers, Isabella Murray and Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.