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So MBD, big gathering of generals caused a lot of speculation. What could this possibly be about

as generals from all around the world? Come to Washington, D.C. and Pete Heexeth gives a speech to the assembled brass,

emphasizing the basics.

We're going to focus on war fighting.

All the woke nonsense is done.

People need to be able to give a dupe go trips again.

People need to not have beards and make sure they look orderly and neat.

And then Trump gave a long Trumpian rambling address.

What did you make of it?

You know, it was a mixture of thoughts occurred to me.

I mean, you know, this was a big part of the story of the turnaround in morale post-Vietnam was, you know, after

Vietnam, there was a lot of, you know, looseness about personal appearance, about uniform

standards, about grooming standards in the military, particularly in the Navy. And, you know, when

the reforms came in the 1980s to button things up, it was really like a launch pad for a

renaissance in the United States military. And the end of the stripes era in the military.

Right.

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