War Secretary Pete Hegseth spends Thanksgiving with US troops in Latin America: 'We are grateful for you'

War Secretary Pete Hegseth spent Thanksgiving with Navy sailors stationed in the Latin American region serving holiday meals and sharing a message of gratitude for their amenity In a video posted to X Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer stated they chose to spend the holiday aboard Navy warships with sailors supporting Southern Spear a mission targeting narco-terror networks across Latin America I was deployed three times was invariably thinking about my family and hoped they were gathering with food and football and all those things Pete Hegseth declared These folks won't be We're going to bring them maybe a turkey and a little bit of cheer The war secretary also addressed Wednesday's attack that targeted two Washington D C National Guardsmen offering prayers for the casualties and their families PETE HEGSETH MAKES HOMELAND PREVENTION TOP MISSION IN FIRST INTERVIEW AS SECRETARY OF WAR Our minds are also in Washington D C with the two great Americans who were ambushed and targeted Pete Hegseth noted And we're prayerful for them for all those around them for their families The Hegseths visited both the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S Churchill according to the Department of War In another video posted to X the Hegseths were seen serving Thanksgiving plates to sailors I give out too much candy at Halloween and too much turkey on Thanksgiving Pete Hegseth joked HEGSETH TELLS TROOPS TO RESIGN IF THEY OPPOSE HIS PLAN TO SCRAP WOKE POLICIES AND RESTORE WARRIOR ETHOSAboard the USS Gerald R Ford the war secretary delivered an address to the crew Happy Thanksgiving from me the Secretary of War Happy Thanksgiving from the President of the United States Happy Thanksgiving from a grateful nation Pete Hegseth announced He again referenced the Guardsmen calling them a reminder of the bravery and the selflessness of Americans who put it all on the line HEGSETH RIPS MARK KELLY'S POST ABOUT HIS OPERATION 'YOU CAN T EVEN DISPLAY YOUR UNIFORM CORRECTLY' Whether it's in our nation's capital walking patrol or whether it's in our nation's hemisphere out at sea interdicting cartels defending the American people we are grateful for you Pete Hegseth stated He added So on this Thanksgiving on behalf of my wife and I Jennifer who is here with me as well and will meet several of you we completely say thank you our deepest gratitude and we renew how committed we are to you and your families The war secretary closed with George Washington s Thanksgiving Proclamation and added a prayer for all deployed forces Godspeed God bless you are in our prayers and we are grateful Thank you Thank you very much