A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Video shows Hegseth taking photos on the empty steps in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver and senior adviser Tami Radabaugh.
As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted that “all visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”
These guys respect no one, not even the dead.
Obama, Hillary, Pete, Bernie … any of those guys did this and Fox News would put this on the news cycle for a long time back in the day …
This will be forgotten in another day or so.
I’m genuinely elated at this headline.
Simultaneously, I’m deeply concerned for the career trajectory of some random soldier who takes his (to be clear, extraordinarily solemn) duty seriously enough to tell a SecDef this fucking emotionally fragile to effectively fuck off. Despite the fact that it is very literally his explicit duty to do precisely that, regardless of whether it’s a tourist or the president.
I don’t want this soldier to get caught in the crossfire, but I’d kinda like to see them make the mistake of coming for his career. This guard position isn’t just given to anyone. It’s kinda like The King’s Guards at Buckingham palace. This isn’t some 18 year old boot, he’s very likely a badass with a distinguished record.
edit cause I’m redundant when tired
Based and respect the actual people that literally fought for people’s freedoms pilled.
Jeez, even the people left on Xitter are excoriating him (Nitter link). Also, is that a woodland camo tie, flag belt buckle, and a god-damn zip-up fleece under his suit jacket? I’m no fashion maven, but WTAF?
