A US Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony. “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times,” the sentinel called out, stopping his patrol to face the group as they departed.
Hegseth was standing and taking photos in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver and senior adviser and deputy assistant Tami Radabaugh after the ceremony held at Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day. When asked for comment, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the “soldier correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum.”
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Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth and advisers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: https://cnn.it/3URkAbc
📰 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his advisers and family members were verbally reprimanded by an U.S. Army sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day after some in the group laughed and talked while posing for photos.
📰 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was reprimanded Wednesday by an Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier who asked him and his guests to maintain an atmosphere of “silence and respect.”
Hegseth, his wife, Jennifer, and some of his top aides were taking pictures, talking and laughing in front of the tomb, a memorial to unidentified service members killed in battle located at Arlington National Cemetery. Hegseth had been attending a Veterans Day ceremony at which President Donald Trump laid a wreath in honor of fallen service members.
The incident puts Hegseth’s name back in the headlines just one day after he narrowly dodged impeachment.
Hegseth and his wife were taking pictures alongside some of his top aides when the sentinel shouted at the group: “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”
its expected from the party that elected a guy that called our service members “suckers & losers”, republicans have Always been fake patriots
11 Dems no voted cos- traffic ? WTF…
Can we elect this soldier to replace KegsBreath? America, make it happen. LOL
So what are the Dems going to do over his impeachment?
Leave Thomas Masse twisting in the wind, and not vote to have the warmonger in chief removed – _that’s_ what…
Shut up CNN! 🤬
How soldiers become unknown !
Disgusting behavior in front of our fallen brothers.
Shouldn’t the guards be given live ammo? That’s just too damn bad! What a missed opportunity!
Don’t the owners of Jeffries and Schumer know they are supposed to pick them up from the sidewalks and deposit them responsibly. There are dispensers for the glove-bags and special trash cans for them.
Half of the people commenting here, have no respect for the armed services at all. Now all of a sudden, they are showing fake patriotism to make Republicans look bad
There is no need to make them look bad. That is the order of the day.
@musashimiyamoto586what do you mean by that? You just made a claim… Is there something that everybody else doesn’t know ?
They didn’t do anything wrong. And we’re all in the same boat
Is there something that you know., that everybody else has been kept in the dark about?
@GeoCorrigan I am saying Republicans lying, grifting, showing bad judgement, is an every day thing as I see it. And everybody with yes to see and ears to hear would know that. Not saying Dems are perfect, but the GOP has become a cult and is no longer a democratic party.
“I don’t get it. What’s in it for them?” – Trump
Why are you surprised? Your entire current government would gladly sell your country if offered enough.
And Hegseth gives him a medal…If id be in the mind of the sentinel who received the medal, would be hard for me to not spit on his shoes.
The Defense Secretary needing a Tomb Guard to remind him to show basic respect says it all. Politicians happily send youth off to war, yet treat their memorial like a tourist photo op they can’t even keep a straight face for. Embarrassing, though completely expected. Salute to that soldier for holding the line.
Hegseth rewards soldier who scolded his group at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
CNN – A REPUGNANT BOIL ON THE AIRWAVES
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier deserves silence and respect at all times. Thank you for showing what happened and for including the Pentagon’s response.
If he had an iota of decency, he would admit he messed up and apologize !
Why can someone be laughing in place like that. Respect from Europe