{"id":375322,"date":"2026-09-02T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-so-frightened-military-experts-unpack-hegseths-purges\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:00:12","slug":"people-are-so-frightened-military-experts-unpack-hegseths-purges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-so-frightened-military-experts-unpack-hegseths-purges\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;People are so frightened&#8217;: Military experts unpack Hegseth&#8217;s purges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uW7v4b9YtNo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'People are so frightened': Military experts unpack Hegseth's purges\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uW7v4b9YtNo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, sources told CNN they believe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is damaging the Army\u2019s efforts to adapt to the modern battlefield as he focuses on culture wars and prioritizing his own image of the \u201cAmerican warfighter,\u201d and pushes out leaders who don\u2019t align with his vision.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple sources agreed with the concerns Driscoll raised: that Hegseth is damaging the Army\u2019s efforts to modernize and adapt to the 21st century battlefield environment \u2013 where drone warfare is becoming increasingly important \u2013 by firing or pushing out leaders who were spearheading those efforts.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Trump expressed concerns about the deep cuts to Army leadership<br \/>\n4:35 What does this inside turmoil do to the US fighting force?<br \/>\n7:10 A real blow to Army transformation<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#politics #military #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the aftermath of the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, sources told CNN they believe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is damaging the Army\u2019s efforts to adapt to the modern battlefield as he focuses on culture wars and prioritizing his own image of the \u201cAmerican warfighter,\u201d and pushes out leaders who don\u2019t align with his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":375323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-375322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;People are so frightened&#039;: Military experts unpack Hegseth&#039;s purges | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch &#039;People are so frightened&#039;: Military experts unpack Hegseth&#039;s purges for free, here on News ISC. 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