The latest successful United States Military operation, this one in Venezuela, has underscored that a lot more than simply changing the name of the Defense Department back to the War Department has occurred in the past year.
The War Department has become the ultimate defender of America First.
In areas big and small, change has been felt.
It was for this reason that the left did not want Secretary Pete Hegseth on the job, with nearly the same hatred as they feel towards President Trump.
Their hatred once again exposed the reality of leftism in that it is a gutter collectivist way of life which has never worked and does not believe in the redemption of individuals or even its beloved institutions.
The success of the War Department under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth has been nothing short of astonishing this past year.
The mission at the southern border, now the most successful border operation in the history of the United States, has stopped stopping the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States to nearly nothing.
This America First policy, which is used by nearly every other nation, also protects our borders from further terrorism and drugs.
The deployment of troops to the cities has also had measurable results against crime, including the aforementioned drugs.
The compassion of the War Department runs deep as the troop deployments are in areas that almost exclusively won by the left in elections.
It would be easy to say "Who cares?" and focus on "the base" but the War Department understands that the base is the American people regardless of category.
The troops are being brought to higher standards of physical fitness and basic training for each branch is going back to the old school; a system that was not perfect but one that won battles.
While the troops have been out doing their job with skill, their leaders are being held to a higher standard as well.
The Department is working faithfully to ensure the commissars and political officers associated with DEI get the boot while keeping the troops free from time wasting power points and sessions that lower their morale.
While there were some who complained about the privilege of having to hear first hand from the president of the United States and the Secretary of War at Quantico, how many of these complaining "leaders" forced troops to practice for days and then to stand for hours in cold, rain, sleet, or heat for that commanders change of command ceremony?
(The views expressed in the preceding article are those of the author and not any government agency.)
Larry Provost has written for Townhall, Fox News, The Baltic Times and InFocus (Jewish Policy Center) and has appeared on several television outlets, including "FOX News @Night with Shannon Bream." He holds degrees from several colleges and is a veteran of the World Trade Center search and rescue, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He and his wife are adoptive parents. Read more Larry Provost reports — Here.
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