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Secretary Hegseth Administers the Oath of Enlistment to Recruits in Camden, Arkansas, Feb. 27, 2026

February 27, 2026 · Department of War · 1:02:49

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What happened

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth administered the oath of enlistment to recruits in Camden, Arkansas, on February 27, 2026, according to the Department of War’s description published with this full live feed of the ceremony, uploaded March 5, 2026. The department’s shorter edited upload of the same ceremony is recorded in this site’s index as an alternate source, not a separate page.

Why it matters

A Secretary-administered oath is the recruiting mission at its point of entry: new recruits swearing in before the Secretary of War himself, on the record as part of the department’s 2026 accessions effort.

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “LIVE: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Administers the Oath of Enlistment to Recruits in Camden, Ark.,” uploaded March 5, 2026 (official upload, embedded above; the department’s description dates the ceremony February 27, 2026). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.