Pete Hegseth

Yeah. And then he had me read Fields of Fire by Jim Webb. Oh my gosh. And Jim Webb is one of my personal heroes.

Yeah. And so they had an unvarnished view of the Marine Corps, but I still wanted to be part of that. And so, you know, I, I, so James, I get the message from James and I say, I got to get out of here. Dropped out, told my parents who are apoplectic. They weren't impressed. Yeah. Yeah, they were scared.

Yeah. And so they had an unvarnished view of the Marine Corps, but I still wanted to be part of that. And so, you know, I, I, so James, I get the message from James and I say, I got to get out of here. Dropped out, told my parents who are apoplectic. They weren't impressed. Yeah. Yeah, they were scared.

Yeah. And so they had an unvarnished view of the Marine Corps, but I still wanted to be part of that. And so, you know, I, I, so James, I get the message from James and I say, I got to get out of here. Dropped out, told my parents who are apoplectic. They weren't impressed. Yeah. Yeah, they were scared.

And I still feel bad about that fear I put in them because I went and I enlisted in the infantry. In the Marine Corps?

And I still feel bad about that fear I put in them because I went and I enlisted in the infantry. In the Marine Corps?

And I still feel bad about that fear I put in them because I went and I enlisted in the infantry. In the Marine Corps?

Yes, as an 03, 0311 in the Marine Corps. Now, my first two years in the Marine Corps.

Yes, as an 03, 0311 in the Marine Corps. Now, my first two years in the Marine Corps.

Yes, as an 03, 0311 in the Marine Corps. Now, my first two years in the Marine Corps.

I, you know what? For some people, yes. And I know that you have some Marines that work for you. Yeah. Enlisted Marines. Yeah. And all due respect to them, but there was a saying in the infantry, it's like, if you ain't infantry, you ain't shit.

I, you know what? For some people, yes. And I know that you have some Marines that work for you. Yeah. Enlisted Marines. Yeah. And all due respect to them, but there was a saying in the infantry, it's like, if you ain't infantry, you ain't shit.

I, you know what? For some people, yes. And I know that you have some Marines that work for you. Yeah. Enlisted Marines. Yeah. And all due respect to them, but there was a saying in the infantry, it's like, if you ain't infantry, you ain't shit.

Everything the Marine Corps did, from its fighter squadrons to its artillery to its tanks, was in support of the enlisted riflemen locating with and destroying enemy and repelling enemy assault by fire maneuver. And so everything was in support of the 0311 doing its job. And so I love being in the infantry.

Everything the Marine Corps did, from its fighter squadrons to its artillery to its tanks, was in support of the enlisted riflemen locating with and destroying enemy and repelling enemy assault by fire maneuver. And so everything was in support of the 0311 doing its job. And so I love being in the infantry.

Everything the Marine Corps did, from its fighter squadrons to its artillery to its tanks, was in support of the enlisted riflemen locating with and destroying enemy and repelling enemy assault by fire maneuver. And so everything was in support of the 0311 doing its job. And so I love being in the infantry.

And there was kind of this thing like if you were infantry, like you felt, whether it was true or not, you're cut above the rest, your life sucked more, but that was a point of pride. And I love that. And so, but my first two years.

And there was kind of this thing like if you were infantry, like you felt, whether it was true or not, you're cut above the rest, your life sucked more, but that was a point of pride. And I love that. And so, but my first two years.

And there was kind of this thing like if you were infantry, like you felt, whether it was true or not, you're cut above the rest, your life sucked more, but that was a point of pride. And I love that. And so, but my first two years.

Yes. This was 2005. Things were going just swimmingly in Iraq then. Afghanistan was kind of on a simmer, but it was still bad before getting much, much worse. So my first two years, in boot camp, I was selected for a program called Yankee White. And this is the presidential support program. So if you've ever seen the Marines saluting in front of the White House...