How Pete Hedgehog’s zeal to bring religiosity to the Pentagon is dividing the military

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“I have certainly heard from friends of mine who are still in service expressing frustration about the way that their role is being cast as political,” said Pruitt, who served in the US navy for eight years. “It is not their job to speak out and therefore, that kind of concern and frustration within active service right now, folks on the ground, is just completely invisible to the media narrative.”

The Pentagon would not respond to questions about its biblically inspired recruitment ads or its use of christianity on social media, but chief spokesman Sean Parnell did say Hegseth is an unashamed backer of Wilson.