Pete Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a stage for warrior bravado – renaming it the Department of War, ordering testosterone screening for troops over 30, and cheering on a US Navy jet's ultra-low flypast over a packed Florida beach.
Former RAF Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell joins Tom and Patrick to give his verdict on Hegseth's shake-up of the US armed forces and to ask whether a similar culture could take hold in the British military.
Chapters:
Guest: Sean Bell, Former Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force
Host: General Sir Patrick Sanders & Tom Newton Dunn
Patrick brings his experience as a former head of the British Army to the podcast. He is also a Conservative peer and advises the party on defence.
Producer: Elle Scott & Julia Webster
Exec Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Clips: US Department of War.
Image: Shaun Parkinson, Getty
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