A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Video shows Hegseth taking photos on the empty steps in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver and senior adviser Tami Radabaugh.
As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted that “all visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”
That would be a huge mistake. They don’t give ceremonial duties like that to just any dude out of boot camp.
Yeah the pentagon already came out in support of the soldier according to the article too. Punishing them for doing their job like this would cause basically every NCO to be livid. Idk that the military could afford to do that.