A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his staff for breaking decorum after a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Video shows Hegseth taking photos on the empty steps in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver and senior adviser Tami Radabaugh.

As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted that “all visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”

  • Warl0k3
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    56 minutes ago

    There have been roughly as many tomb sentinels as there have been astronauts. I’m not sure if “mythic” would be quite the right word for it, but there is such a reverence held for the tomb and the sentinels that, well, it’s national news that someone who was just with hegseth was disrespecting it.

    The reaction to this feels very galvanizing of the quiet contempt people have individually held - the active duty/vets I know have suddenly felt comfortable openly declaring their contempt for this dipshit, and while I’ve seen a few chuds chime in about disrespect to the sec. def. being bad or whatever, none of them have gone so far as to actually defend him. It’s oddly heartening to see happen.