The State of the Force is STRONG. We have revived the warrior ethos, rebuilt our military, and after years of weakness, AMERICAN DETERRENCE IS BACK.

There’s no better way to start the day than morning PT with 600 of America’s finest warriors.

Proud to announce that the Army National Guard achieved its FY 2026 recruiting mission of 37,155 guardsmen yesterday. This marks the THIRD year in a row that the ARNG has hit this achievement and the FIRST time it has achieved this level of sustained recruiting success since (cont in image...)

Today, I am announcing the Joint Warfighter Evaluation.

HERE AM I. SEND ME.

There is NO better way to kick off the SEND ME TOUR than with early morning PT with the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.

For the first time in FIFTEEN YEARS, our Special Forces recruiters achieved their mission of 2,940 candidates. And, for the first time in a DECADE, the U.S. Army Reserves have met their mission of 14,322 future Soldiers in September - two weeks ahead of schedule. The Warriors (cont in image...)

The Department of War fully supports President Trump’s decision to kick CNN, MSN̶B̶C̶NOW and Politico to the curb so they can publish their Fake News from outside the White House. We are grateful these outlets already chose to self-deport from the Pentagon. They endangered our (cont in reply...)

Retweeted Pete Hegseth: This is DISGUSTING and FAKE. A complete LIE. Shame on the Washington Post — they’re worse than Iranian state media.

We will never forget.

I was pleased to mark the 75th anniversary of ANZUS with @RichardMarlesMP We will accelerate our close cooperation on force posture and AUKUS to preserve a stable balance of power and ensure our forces remain lethal.