President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military.
How often does this happen?
Basically never. Most aren’t getting to their day in court for disobeying orders. They’ll give you a less than honorable discharge quick fast and in a hurry. Back when I was in Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was still a thing, and was used to keep people quiet. I was threatened with it when reporting a sexual assault that leadership wanted to ignore. When I kept going up the chain of command I was eventually told if I didn’t shut up Id I’d be given a less than honorable discharge under violating Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
Dunno, but an awful lot has been written about it. We don’t elect dictators very often, so I’d say we’re in uncharted waters here.
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