Pentagon's Contempt: Veteran Exposes Shocking Treatment of Troops

But I want to ask you about the the treatment of of the soldiers, the active duty soldiers and and sailors in particular. Uh Pete Hegseth is um, you know, arguing with people who are complaining and and yet you've got like 10-month deployments now on the the USS Gerald R. Ford, which is long past a typical. You can imagine what the morale must be on that ship right now. 10 months locked up in a like a, you know, a floating cage basically with crappy food and toilets that don't work. You know, that is not a desire I would much rather be on the ground somewhere than stuck on a ship for 10 months and there's no end in sight to this. But just in terms of of the way that the Pentagon is treating the soldiers right now, seems like it's with contempt at the moment. But what's your view as as a veteran? Uh, my view is the Pentagon's always treated the rank and file with contempt. I can just tell you from multiple guys I know that were injured, myself and my injury was was peacetime during training, but even there, you know, I ...