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WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier scolded Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and his senior advisers for not being respectful after some members in the group laughed while posing for pictures in front of the memorial.
“All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all time,” the sentinel yelled, prompting Hegseth and other members of the group to turn around as they were walking away from the memorial. The incident, which was captured by television cameras, took place after a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
In addition to Hegseth, the group admonished by the sentinel included his chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver, senior adviser Tami Radabaugh and Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Hegseth. It was not clear which members of the group were laughing.
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Much respect for that man doing his job regardless of who was violating the rules.
Now we only need to get such shitty miscreants as those in congress, senate, the judiciary and the executive branch to do the same.
I’ve also been yelled at by the Sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for violating decorum.
In my defense, I was 12 at the time.
12 sounds like a good estimate for Hegseth’s mental age.
Jeesh, no need to insult 12 year olds like that
Further in your defense, you were not the acting Secretary of Defense, at the time.
But yeah lol, I’ve been at Buckingham Palace as a kid, and can remember some other girl in our tourist group standing in the path of the guards and smiling like an idiot.
They march to a stop, simultaneously stomp their feet down and reshoulder their rifles, and scream “MAKE WAY FOR THE GRENADIER GUARD!”
She peed herself and ran away crying lol.
She got lucky. 😄
Yeah, oftentimes they don’t even slow down. They just knee/shoulder-check you out of the way while yelling.
GANGWAY FOR FOOTCYCLE!
Damn, seriously?
I don’t… not believe that… but still, damn.
They probably don’t do that to kids.
Probably don’t need to, with the intimidatory power of a GET OUT OF THE GUARD’S FOOKIN WAY YA EEJIT
Are you an alcoholic idiot as do you fancy becoming the new Secretary of Warcrimes?
Not last time I checked…
Did they sound like this soldier, too?
Yup. Scared the shit out of me.
I wouldn’t fuck with the Sentinels. they’re far from push overs, and they take it seriously. (As they should.)
I’ve never thought much of the military or whatever, but I watched a documentary on them, how they are picked, what they do, etc. and, yeah, you are 100% correct.
That asshole will just adjust the picking criteria, much like his promotion rules.
Unless he adds “mute” to the criteria, The Old Guard is basically the definition of what he wants in the military.
What’s the tldw?
They’re selected for looking like the ideal soldier, obsessing over their uniforms and gear, memorizing trivia and ritualized announcements, proving they’re fit enough and single-minded enough to precision march back and forth for hours on end, regardless of conditions.
Everything they do is about symbolizing and portraying the look of being a “warrior,” which Hegseth has been fixated on in a very cringe way. While I understand they’re also very competent soldiers, they’re picked for the optics, to serve as a symbol. They even leave the rank insignia off their uniforms when doing the Sentinel thing because they’re not really supposed to be one soldier, they’re supposed to represent all military personnel guarding the legacy of the war dead, who are in turn symbolized in their entirety by the three unknowns (used to be four, but they did DNA testing on the Vietnam vet).
You’re goddamn right. I remember watching a couple videos of visitors recording at the Tomb years ago, and there were just a couple people whispering a little too loud and the sentinel went off on them.
This is what happens when you put a man in charge of an organization he neither likes nor respects
Fucking disgrace.
Rear echelon mother fucker
Such a “warrior” you fucking drunken disgrace.
The fact that he was in the military makes it that much worse
Clownfuck subhuman disgrace.
Just the sort of bootlicking bullshit yanks seem to care about.
It’s simple respect for those who have lost their lives. You don’t have to agree with the system that caused it to recognise the sacrifice that others have made and show a bit of respect for the dead. It’s a universal concept that is shared by people who aren’t arseholes.
I think the closest comparison to the UK are the Royal Guards with their funny hats. I’ve seen similar videos of those palace guards doing the exact same thing as this soldier.
Only these guards are enforcing respect for the tragically lost instead of bashing the peasantry’s skulls in for not respecting the chief inbreds.
And no-one listens to them
If they don’t listen, they get decked. It’s pretty awesome…
