For too long, we've promoted too many uniform leaders for the wrong reasons based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts, said Hegseth, who fired Gen CQ Brown, an African American, as chair of the joint chiefs of staff in February, and has dispensed with the services of several high-ranking female personnel. Hegseth boasted of remov[ing] the social justice, politically correct and toxic ideological garbage that had infected our department.
The Ranger School curriculum requires extreme physical fitness, including running, lifting heavy weights, and performing strenuous activities in a limited time. It poses a significant challenge that sees high dropout rates.