Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
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Episode 386: Jason Dempsey - The Hegseth Effect: One Year That Changed the Military
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0:54Now PlayingPaul Rieckhoff and Jason Dempsey break down the “Hegseth effect,” asking how a year of war‑fighter branding, renaming efforts, and hard‑edge rhetoric from the secretary of defense may be reshaping recruiting, who joins or leaves the force, and undoing post‑Vietnam cultural gains inside the military and academies. #MilitaryCulture
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