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But according to the insider: 'Now that's he's Secretary of Waah his sense of self-importance has gone to his head – along with his vanity. 'And even though he strutted about the stage like a peacock when he gave his insulting lecture to the military brass, he still doesn't garner respect. 'He made a minor speech to important people, and he was still upstaged by Trump.' When asked for comment, the Department of Waah did not directly address whether Hedgehog had had Botox treatment and instead attacked the Daily Mail for writing an article about it.

Heads up that as the government shutdown continues, official Navy news releases have pretty much dried up. Meanwhile I'll continue to post topics that are popular on this forum such as UAP (perhaps one of the most popular,) commander-in-chief escapades, and the follies of Hegseth to name a few. Fingers crossed that the shutdown ends soon.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A top Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that Russia would swiftly carry out a nuclear test if the United States did so, noting that the U.S. had been working to get its testing infrastructure ready, the state RIA news agency reported.

Just last month, Hedgehog staged a similar cosplay stunt as he met with sailors and Marines off the coast of Puerto Rico to deliver a chest-thumping message to the crew aboard USS Iwo Jima. Cosplay, a blend word of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character.[1] Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture, and a broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage

From disbanding a gender advisory board to misrepresenting women’s ability to meet combat standards, the Secretary of WAAH’s record shows a clear mission: push women out of service.

A younger veteran whom I mentored calls me “Madam Geezer.” It’s meant affectionately, recognizing my “old salt” perspective. It also acknowledges that I have lots of sea stories, many starting “Back in my day…” or “Back when I was in the fleet…” In the mid-1970s, coming home from a family gathering in Brooklyn, I saw a destroyer sailing into New York harbor. It was a clear, crisp fall day; the water was like glass. The ship was steaming at speed with a large white bow wave and the national ensign stiff in the breeze. I turned to my dad and said, “I want to be part of that.”

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a U.S. Navy sailor accused of injuring an 87-year-old man in a car collision in February. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-10-08/navy-sailor-indicted-japan-collision-19355643.html Source - Stars and Stripes

A sitting president, demanding that elected officials be imprisoned. Let that sink in. Over their objections, he federalized troops from Texas to enforce his will. This is not theater. It is not a tweetable grievance. It is an unprecedented assault on constitutional norms, federalism, and the rule of law. And yet, the media’s reaction in certain circles will almost certainly be muted. And it absolutely should not be — and cannot be.

Unbelievable that trump put himself in this predicament where Russia actually said that "trump would ultimately decide against their provision because he knew how to listen." The Anchorage summit was a humiliation and that is Putin's take on the matter: That trump knows how to listen (to Russia of all countries.) Putin warned that the weapons would mark a “qualitatively new stage of escalation” because Ukraine could not fire them without the U.S. personnel. He suggested, however, that Trump would ultimately decide against their provision because he knew how to listen.

I don't particularly like Senator Ted Cruz but this bill is worth considering... WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is calling for changes to the legal system to better protect consumers from government censorship, a move that comes weeks after he criticized the Trump administration’s push to have late-night host Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air. A recent drop in Kimmel’s ratings before his suspension “means my podcast was kicking Kimmel’s ass every week,” Cruz said. The two have previously sparred on social media and played a charity basketball game in 2018 after Kimmel compared the senator to a blobfish.

A U.S. Navy sailor was extorted for thousands of dollars after connecting with someone on the dating app Tinder in a case that highlights the growing threat of online scams, authorities tell WTKR News 3. A search warrant filed in the case reveals the sailor believed he was messaging with a 20-year-old woman named “Daisy”.

In short, he is laying the groundwork for a police state, and he is doing so in broad daylight, assuming that our constitutional guardrails will bend and fold, as they often have under more-piecemeal pressures since his second presidency began just nine months ago.

WASHINGTON — Gulf War illness, a debilitating medical condition linked to military service, has received formal recognition as a legitimate illness after more than three decades of reports by veterans about unexplained symptoms they developed during active duty in the Persian Gulf. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-10-06/gulf-war-illness-cdc-19340971.html Source - Stars and Stripes

“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,” Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel and former military lawyer who watched the speech, said of Hegseth.

He paused, waiting for a reaction. None came. The silence stretched on. Trump, however, continued and conjured up yet another bizarre line about his physical fitness, which is constantly under the microscope because of a relentless hand bruise, chunky ankles, a wobbly walk and a droopy mouth.

President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to reveal the U.S. had conducted another strike on an alleged cartel drug boat as he celebrated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.

My take on that speech is that it was amazing to see an audience of very smart people being lectured by two idiots... He said it was "unbelievable to have a senior elected leader to be quite frankly so incompetent at speaking."

Once again a leaked message over Signal... Anthony Salisbury, a top deputy to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, was reportedly exchanging messages with Waah Secretary Pete Hegseth’s adviser Patrick Weaver over Signal in a crowded public space last weekend while traveling in Minnesota...

The unusual gathering, and Hegseth’s speech, can teach us a lot about the defense secretary’s leadership style — and why his selection by Trump to run the Pentagon looms as an especially consequential choice. To explore further, Today, Explained co-host Noel King spoke with Kerry Howley, a writer at New York magazine who recently wrote a feature on Hegseth. Below is an excerpt of their conversation, edited for length and clarity

resident Donald trump will host a large Navy celebration this weekend while the military goes without pay during the government shutdown.

Secretary of WAAH Pete Hesgeth on Friday fired Navy chief of staff Jon Harrison, an unusually powerful top aide who had orchestrated a reshuffle of the service’s bureaucracy. The sudden ouster, according to two defense officials and a former defense official, follows the confirmation this week of Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao.

Mr. Makeup is such an idiot... “No more beards, long hair, superficial, individual expression. We’re going to cut our hair, shape up, shave our beards, and adhere to standards, because it’s like the broken windows theory of policing. It’s like, you let the small stuff go, the big stuff eventually goes,” he said. “If you want a beard, you can join special forces. If not, then shave.”

Black men are more prone to pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that leads to itching, inflammation, keloids and an increased likelihood of scarring, according to research. A seemingly neutral policy that requires military members to be clean-shaven has a disproportionately negative impact on Black men, leading to disparate impact, a legal term to describe when a neutral policy causes harm to a protected class of people. In addition to Black men being harmed by this new policy, it could also lead to religious discrimination. According to some reports, for Muslims, Sikhs, Rastafarians, the Amish, and Orthodox Jews, there may be restrictions around shaving one’s beard. A no-beard policy may unfairly impact those who are part of some religious groups.

The military has conducted at least three strikes against vessels the administration says were carrying drugs and were en route to the U.S. Those strikes killed 17 people on the boats in total. At least two vessels originated from Venezuela. The administration did not name any of the cartels, designated as terrorist groups, to be targeted in the notice to Congress.