I hereby challenge Secretary of DEFENSE Hegseth

[AverageOldGuy]

Now we learn that Hegseth and CJCS Caine will fly in a Naval air show. Caine -- a rated aviator -- will pilot his own F-16 while Hegseth will ride along in the back seat of an F/A-18.

If Hegseth is so hell-bent on everyone being a "warrior" and if he is so proud of doing 50 pushups every morning, why doesn't he complete the US Army Top Ranger competition?

Top Ranger is actually the Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition, a three-day, high-intensity competition that determines the best two-man, Ranger-qualified team in the U.S. Armed Forces. It tests participants on physical and mental endurance, as well as their technical and tactical soldiering skills through a series of back-to-back events, often with minimal rest.

https://www.army.mil/ranger/bestranger.html

Just sayin'.

Signed:
AverageOldGuy (still sweaty after doing my 100-a-day pushups at age 80)
US Army Ranger; Graduate, Ranger Class 4-68

[Irish_Dem]

1. He is using the US military as props in his reality TV show.

[usonian]

2. Send Trump to Basic.

[Norbert]

3. I hope the pilot isn't too fat.

I wouldn't want Whiskey Pete to be too stressed out.

[Aristus]

4. Well done on your 100 pushups daily!

I did so many pushup in four years of active duty (upper body strength is essential for being a tanker) that I was eventually nicknamed "Chesty", by my fellow tankers.

I'm fifty seven now, and haven't done a pushup in years. I still lift weights, but pushups: never again if I can help it.

[Initech]

5. That moron wouldn't last 5 minutes with the Seals or Rangers.