Pete Hegseth looking to bring back Army’s aggressive ‘Shark Attack’ practice as he slams ‘woke’ trai

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Pete Hegseth looking to bring back Army’s aggressive ‘Shark Attack’ practice as he slams ‘woke’ training: report
Story by James Liddell • 1h

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is weighing the return of the U.S. Army’s aggressive “shark attack” training practice as the Pentagon vows to “Make Basic Great Again.”

Hegseth, a U.S. Army National Guard veteran, pledged on Wednesday evening to crack down on what he sees as “weak, woke” and “politically correct” basic training.
 
“Getting back to basics…means getting back to tried, true & tough BASIC TRAINING,” he continued in a post on X. “When we start soft, we get soft.”

Part of Hegseth’s toughening-up process could involve bringing back “shark attacks,” a defense official told military news website Task and Purpose.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pete-hegseth-looking-to-bring-back-army-s-aggressive-shark-attack-practice-as-he-slams-woke-training-report/ar-AA1K4UKO?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=f09802ad6c004bddafef627e583bb489&ei=203

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Original link:
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-hegseth-shark-attacks/

A Shark Attack [by Drill Sargents ]:
It’s been almost two years since the Army announced it was changing the way infantry recruits were greeted at basic training in 2020, moving away from an aggressive and incoherent screaming ‘shark attack’ on trainees  that mostly worked to establish drill sergeants’ dominance.

The Shark Attack was useful during a time in Army history when the service depended on draftees: Wide-eyed drill sergeants used “intimidation and fear to weed out the weak of heart,” according to Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Fortenberry, previously the top enlisted leader of the Infantry School.

Why the Army cut back on incoherent screaming by drill sergeants on day 1 of basic training [ May 2022 ]
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-basic-training-shark-attack/