"No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals."

That was the message Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had for the media during the "State of the Force" address at Quantico Marine Corps Base on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The defense secretary reiterated his push for the American military to act more like "warriors."

He added that, a year following his first address, his department was no longer the "woke department or the weak department."

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