7 takeaways from Hegseth’s address to officers: Warfare’s future, faith and a new base

Photo: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during a War Department Address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2025. (DoW photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aiko Bongolan). Attribution “20250930-D-HB628-2006” by U.S. Secretary of War via Flickr. Public Domain Mark. Article by Filip Timotija and Ellen Mitchell. The Hill – September 30, 2026. Press release: U.S. Department of War.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a flurry of announcements during a wide-ranging speech to active-duty officers Wednesday. At the beginning of the address, the Pentagon chief stuck to his bread and butter: culture-war grievances, stripping the “woke” out of the Department of Defense (DOD), bashing the news media for its coverage of the Iran war, and proclaiming the “warrior ethos” has been revived and the U.S. military has been “rebuilt.” […]

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Video: “State of the Force Address” by the Department of War.