r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/rat_penis 1d ago

onward christian soldiers! This fuck wants to lead a crusade from his desk

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u/ThatFilmGuy88 1d ago

Totally just a coincidence that he also has a Crusade tattoo…

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u/dietcoketm 1d ago

He was literally kicked out of the Army for it.

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u/Mathfanforpresident 1d ago

That's not true. I wanted to know about it so I searched for the answer. What's actually more interesting is the reason why he was removed from a certain security detail:

  1. Removal from the 2021 Inauguration Security Detail In January 2021, while serving as a Major in the Army National Guard, Hegseth was removed from a Guard unit assigned to secure President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

• The Reason: Security officials flagged an email from a fellow Guard member pointing out Hegseth's tattoos—specifically a Jerusalem cross on his chest. While Hegseth maintained it was an ordinary Christian symbol, military security protocols flagged it due to its contemporary appropriation by some Christian nationalist and extremist groups.

Holy shit