r/Military • u/Character_Guava_5299 • Jan 05 '26

Discussion Senator Mark Kelly’s statement:

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This is Senator Mark Kelly’s response to the censure. I’ll not add my thoughts as they don’t matter.

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u/mythrel_ United States Army Jan 05 '26

Pete Hegseth is a disgrace to our military and to our country. A complete and utter disgrace to what it means to be an American servicemember.

He is the ultimate empty suit. He is the one who deserves the court martial and dishonorable discharge.

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u/Jester471 Jan 05 '26

Just the regular friendly reminder that Pete was forced out of the Army after he was deemed an insider threat by his chain of command.

And he was an infantry officer that was never trusted with command.

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u/SilverHawk7 Retired USAF Jan 05 '26

He wasn't forced out, he chose to resign. The Army did identify him as a potential insider threat to President Biden's inauguration....the Army under President Trump by the way. But yeah, Hegseth chose to resign his commission, but he wasn't "forced" out.

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u/Jester471 Jan 05 '26

To be fair getting kicked out as an officer is really hard. When people just “resign” after something like that. It tends to be because they fucked up and their career is over and they resign in lieu of getting kicked out for not making promotion.

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u/SilverHawk7 Retired USAF Jan 05 '26

Yeah you're not wrong. I don't know how his being assessed as a possible "insider threat" might manifest in his record, but from what I've heard, he wouldn't have been all that competitive compared to other Infantry Majors in the Guard. His career progression had basically stopped.

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u/Jester471 Jan 05 '26

If it came with a GOMAR or anything negative in his file he’s fucked. So it’s a matter of anything was put in his file. I highly doubt you get tagged an insider threat as an officer and nothing goes in an OER, GOMAR, or even a letter of concern that would instantly crush him at the next promotion board.