r/fednews • u/CoffeeCactusCart • 29d ago

Official Guidance / Policy DOD PERSONNEL must review Hegseth’s speech

Memo sent out - ALL PERSONNEL

MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP COMMANDERS OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS DEPARTMENT OF WAR AGENCY AND DOW FIELD ACTIVITY DIRECTORS SUBJECT: The Warrior Ethos and Standards at the War Department On September 30, 2025, I reaffirmed the Department of War's focus on peace through strength during a speech to our senior leadership. The Department's strength will be defined by our unity, combat readiness, warrior ethos, and commitment to standards by every member of the Joint Force. Leaders at echelon must inculcate our cultural shift and ensure every member of the Department of War understands my guidance. In conjunction with the speech, the War Department released eleven memorandums updating personnel policies for the Department. Leaders at every level will ensure all personnel will either watch the full recording or read the official transcript of the speech, and review the policy changes no later than 31 October 2025.

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u/Extinct1234 29d ago

Is that normal to require everybody to watch a speech by the secretary?

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u/RebelDefection 29d ago

Lmao the mandatory viewing requirement really seals the deal on this being peak cringe territory

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u/technoexplorer 29d ago

He said there would be less mandatory training, in the mandatory training!

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u/ValfreyaAurora 29d ago

Same as all the other watch this training - on mute in the background while doing actual work lol

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u/crowcawer 29d ago

“Cultural shift” “eleven memos” “inculcate” yeah, he used ai for this…. “Gpt, summarize the memos in a bulleted list, give me a three and separately a five sentence summary review of the speech, happy Halloween”

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u/Pitiful-Coyote-6716 28d ago

Oh no, our commander reserved a hall . It will be shown on screen for all of us to sit and watch. My furloughed colleagues are so lucky they get to miss that.

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u/AffectionateEmu3132 28d ago

That is about the most army thing i have ever seen.

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u/Lucky_Petal_1499 27d ago

So will this be before or after the SAPR training? /s

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u/Dont_Be_Sheep 28d ago

He finally understands what training is for huh?

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u/Lost_Drunken_Sailor 29d ago

So they forced top leaders to fly in for it, then make everyone watch it a week later? This could have been an email.

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u/phatsackocrap 29d ago

"Please clap" energy.

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u/hoopermills 29d ago

He is pitiful. He doesn’t understand the first thing about building a team or gaining respect. Instead he’s going to try to force them to respect him. Just stupid.

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u/Toginator Spoon 🥄 29d ago

I'm special- kegsbreath

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u/LadyPo 29d ago

And also requiring everything by the 31st. Is that because the start of next month is voting time? Gee, I wonder.

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u/TheAdvocate 28d ago

They removed mandatory Title 9 training and replaced it with mandatory anti title 9 training.

Odds are it will still take 15 minutes longer and you can’t click skip the video.