Sec Defense Hegseth did his morning workout with the troops

Pete Hegseth woke up early to do PT with troops ahead of NATO meeting - YouTube


He said the Pentagon welcome's DOGE's audit. And they should . The Pentagon has an $890 billion budget . That is half the discretionary spending . We all know there is waste and inefficiency abundant throughout the budget .

Pentagon fails 7th audit in a row, eyes passing grade by 2028 - Breaking Defense

Under Lloyd Austin ;the no show Sec Def ;they were eying passing an audit by 2028 ????????????????

I think Hegseth and Musk think they can do better .


“There’s plenty of places where we want the keen eye of DOGE, but we’ll do it in coordination. We’re not going to do things that are to the detriment of American operational or tactical capabilities,”

“There are waste redundancies and headcounts in headquarters that need to be addressed. There’s just no doubt. Look at a lot of the climate programs that have been pursued at the Defense Department. [The DOD] is not in the business of climate change, solving the global thermostat. We’re in the business of deterring and winning wars,”

“We want to look forward to finding efficiencies, and many others [including] the way we acquire weapon systems.”
Hegseth discusses DOGE plans, deterring China and more during first official trip abroad | DefenseScoop

"We'll do it in coordination. We're not going to do things that are to the detriment of American operational or tactical capabilities,"