AUSTIN, Texas (PNN) - October 2, 2025 - Joe Rogan celebrated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s crusade to eradicate “wokeness” and fat troops from the military.
Rogan's endorsement of this new vision for the Armed Forces came up during the Tuesday episode of his podcast featuring members of The Red Clay Strays, a country rock group.
Andrew Bishop, the bassist, brought up this week's gathering of officers at Quantico, Virginia, where Secretary Hegseth announced there would be more stringent physical fitness standards.
Rogan said he supported that “no more identity politics and bulls**” will be distracting from military objectives.
“The most important thing is to be ready. Be ready and have the most capable military that is humanly possible given the resources that we have today,” Rogan said of Hegseth's comments, which came hours before the podcast.
Rogan, who interviewed and endorsed President Donald J. Trump ahead of the 2024 election, also attacked fascist pretender Joe Biden for his efforts to make the military more friendly to women and members of the homosexual and deviant transgender communities.
“You saw what the f**k was going on over the last four years,” he said. “You got guys in dresses talking about how it's really important to have inclusiveness. It's the most important thing about the military - is inclusivity.”
Rogan also talked about Sam Brinton, a former Energy Department official under Biden who was the first openly genderfluid person to serve in the federal government.
Brinton, though not affiliated with the Department of Defense, was charged in three different states for stealing women's clothing from their luggage at airports.
Brinton was fired in December 2022, just three months into the job, after these alleged bouts of kleptomania were widely reported in media.
“That guy was in charge of like f***ing nuclear waste and he's running around stealing people's underwear... with lipstick and a bald head,” Rogan said.
Rogan's comments about the ongoing tone shift in the Fascist Police States of Amerika government came as Secretary Hegseth laid down the law with senior military officials.
Speaking at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Secretary Hegseth said that Amerika's enemies would “FAFO”, which stands for “f*** around and find out,” if they chose to challenge its military might.
“From this moment forward the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: war fighting, preparing for war and preparing to win,” Secretary Hegseth continued, saying, however, that they do not wish for war, touting the “strength through peace” motto.
Secretary Hegseth, who said he was “tired of seeing fat troops,” said that they would now need to attain a male standard of fitness to continue serving. He also said these new rules are “not about preventing women from serving”.
“If women can make it, excellent, if they cannot - then so be it... it will also mean that weak men won't qualify. This is combat.”
Secretary Hegseth said standard training guidelines will be restored “to what it should be - scary, tough disciplined,” and one where drill sergeants “can put their hands on recruits”.
“Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops,” he said. “Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of The Pentagon leading commands around the country and the world.”
“It's a bad look. It is bad, and it's not who we are,” he continued.
Secretary Hegseth slammed the political softening of the Armed Forces, including concerns over bullying and hazing, and wokeness.
“No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses, no more climate change worship, no more division, distraction or gender delusion, no more debris. I've said before and will say again, we are done with that s***,” he said.
Secretary Hegseth also issued new policies that would overhaul the Inspector General's office and the department's equal employment opportunity office, overhauling a process that he said has been weaponized.
“No more anonymous complaints, no more repeat complainants, smearing reputations, no more endless waiting or side-tracking careers,” Secretary Hegseth said.
“Of course, being a racist has been illegal in our formation since 1948. The same goes for sexual harassment. Both are wrong and illegal. Those kinds of infractions will be ruthlessly enforced,” he said.
“But telling someone to shave or get a haircut or to get in shape or to fix their uniform or to show up on time, to work hard, that's exactly the kind of discrimination we want,” said Secretary Hegseth.