Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin grew frustrated before the Senate Armed Services committee as Republican lawmakers criticized him for Pentagon policies and programs.
“As one of your first acts, Mr. Secretary, you put our military – every single member, active duty and Reserve – to a mandatory training to root out extremists,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville said during a hearing on the Defense Department’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024. “That sent a message … that our military is filled with“Our military is one of the most diverse organizations in the world,” Tuberville added. “It is full of patriots.”“You’ve heard me say that 99.
” he said. “… [But] the stand down day to address extremism cost the military and taxpayers nearly 5.4 million man hours.”The lawmaker replied that the calculation was based “on the number of folks [who] didn’t work that day.” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley claimed that the millions of man hours were “out of 2.8 billion man hours available on a 10-hour workday…”Undeterred, Schmitt said that whether it was 5.4 or 4.2 million hours, the military “can’t get that time back.”
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