PETE: WITH THE US PLEDGING
HUNDREDS OF TROOPS TO TIE WANT
TO TRAIN THEIR MILITARY IN
PREPARATION FOR CONFLICT WITH
CHINA CONCERN IS GROWING IN THE
MILITARY AROUND LOW RECRUITMENT
NUMBERS.
A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS WOKE
IN THE PENTAGON.
JOINING US IS THE AUTHOR OF THE
EVERY DAY WARRIOR.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS.
CHINA IS TAKING TAIWAN, A DOZEN
MARINES GUARDING EMBASSIES IN
OTHER FACILITIES COME UPWARDS
OF 200 ADDITIONAL TROOPS ARE
HEADING TO TAIWAN, POTENTIALLY
MORE, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING
MORE COULD BE GOING TO TRAIN
TAIWANESE SOLDIERS.
THAT’S AN ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT
OF OUR MILITARY.
THIS HAS BEEN WELL PROMOTED, WE
HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE US
MILITARY.
YOU HAVE EVERYONE MISSING THEIR
GOALS.
THE CULTURE OF THE MILITARY
PREPARED TO TAKE ON A TASK LIKE
THE DEFENSE OF TAIWAN?
>> I’M NOT CONCERNED, WHEN I
HEAR ABOUT WOKEISM THE MILITARY
I HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION BUT
WHEN I SPEAK WITH TEAMMATES ON
ACTIVE DUTY THE LAST THING WE
TALK ABOUT ARE POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED POLICIES.
WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING, THE
PRIDE AND CALIBER OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN SERVING, THEY ANSWER
NOT ONLY CURRENT EMERGING
THREATS, INCORPORATE AMERICA,
THE MILITARY UNDERGOES
LEADERSHIP, I SERVED FOUR
PRESIDENTS, WE LEARNED TO
NAVIGATE HARD TIMES AND FOCUS
ON THE MISSION INSTEAD OF THE
POLITICAL WHIMS OF PARTISAN
POWER.
PETE: I HEAR A LOT OF THE SAME
THINGS ESPECIALLY ELITE UNITS,
SPECIAL OPERATORS HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO IGNORE A LOT OF THAT,
BUT IF IT PERSISTS, IF YOU GET
A GENERATIONAL CHANGE,
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH, NOT
OUR UNITY, COULD YOU SEE A
FUTURE WHERE THOSE POLITICAL
PREROGATIVES AFFECT THE ABILITY
TO FIGHT WARS?
>> YES.
YOU CAN’T DENY IF WE HAVE A
SERIES OF POLITICAL OR POLICY
CHANGES THAT OCCUR OVER
DECADES, IT CAN CHANGE THE
LETHALITY OF THE MILITARY, THAT
IS WHAT MATTERS.
I WILL SAY THIS.
WE KNOW WHY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
JOINED, MILITARY LEADERS HOLD A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY
GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY
AND KEEP TEAMS FOCUSED ON THE
MISSION, NOT POLITICS, AND TO
YOUR POINT, SPECIAL OPERATIONS
CONDUCTED TWO RAIDS, IN
SOMALIA, A LIMITING SENIOR ISIS
FIGHTERS, THAT SHOULD BE A SHOW
TO CHINA, FOCUS AND
DETERMINATION OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, YOU WILL DO IT AT YOUR
OWN PERIL.
PETE: SILENT WARRIORS ACROSS THE GLOBE DOING THINGS WE DON’T
THE GLOBE DOING THINGS WE DON’T
EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
MAY BE THIS IS THE TIME TO MOVE
ON TAIWAN.
LET’S GET TO YOUR BOOK, THE
EVERY DAY WARRIOR.
I WANT TO READ A QUOTE FROM IT.
A NO HACK POLITICAL APPROACH TO
LIFE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
IT COULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO
FACE YOUR SHORTCOMINGS BUT THIS
ISN’T A COMPETITION.
THE ONLY PERSON YOU ARE
COMPETING AGAINST IS THE PERSON
YOU WERE YESTERDAY.
HOW DO YOU BEAT THEM?
LET GO OF THE EGO.
ARROGANCE CAN GET
UNCOMFORTABLE, SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH OTHER EVERY DAY
WARRIORS WHO CHALLENGE YOU TO
GROW BIGGER INSTEAD OF MAKING
YOU FEEL SMALL.
THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THINGS YOU
LEARNED IN UNIFORM AND ALLOW
EVERYONE ELSE TO APPLY.
>> WE SERVED WITH AMAZING MEN
AND WOMEN.
THESE ARE THE LESSONS I LEARNED
FROM THEM.
THE MOST KIND, EMPATHETIC,
RESPECTFUL WARRIORS IN THE
WORLD WHO PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK
FOR A BETTER UNION AND WE ARE
PASSING THAT ON TO THE AMERICAN
WORKER.
PETE: THE BOOK IS THE EVERY DAY
WARRIOR.
EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD YOU CAN GET IT.
CAN GET IT.
YOU ARE IN MONTANA.
>> I DIDN’T MAKE IT IN BUT I
WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE
LARGEST COFFEE STORE TODAY IN
MONTANA SO CONGRATULATIONS TO
THEM.
IF YOU ’RE IN THE AREA, STOP