Why Hegseth Is Hated by So Many Troops
Ken Klippenstein's Veterans Day article argues that Pete Hegseth is unpopular among ordinary troops not for the reasons his Washington critics give but for how he runs the military — his firings of leaders like Gen. CQ Brown and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, a shaving-waiver policy falling hardest on Black men, the transgender troop ban, long Iran war deployments, and a death count Hegseth puts at 18 where the Pentagon counts 23. Klippenstein draws on military message boards, where commenters call the firings political, and says the troops are right.
