WATCH: Secretary Pete Hegseth torches the reckless leaders who turned our military...

into the “woke department.”

For three straight minutes he lays it out and makes clear: It is a sacred duty to ensure our troops have nothing less than the best leadership:

“Our war fighters are entitled to be led by the best and most capable leaders.”

“We have a sacred duty to ensure that our warriors are led by the most capable and qualified combat leaders.”

“The military has been forced by foolish and reckless politicians to focus on the wrong things. In many ways, this speech is about fixing decades of decay.”

“For too long, we've promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons. Based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts.”

“Foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading, and we lost our way. We became the woke department.”