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Secretary Hegseth Delivers a Message to the Joint Force, Mar. 2, 2026

March 2, 2026 · Department of War · 0:02:01

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What happened

The Department of War published Secretary Hegseth’s message to the Joint Force on March 2, 2026 — a short, two-minute direct address from the Secretary to service members, published the same day as his joint Pentagon press briefing with Gen. Caine, which is paged separately on this site.

Why it matters

A direct message to the Joint Force is the Secretary speaking to the force itself rather than to the press or the public — the department’s chosen channel for what it wants every service member to hear from him, on the record.

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “Secretary Hegseth’s Message to the Joint Force,” March 2, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.