Pete Hegseth Introduces 'No More Walking on Eggshells' Policy to Department of Defense Video
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is introducing a new policy called “Restoring Good Order and Discipline Through Balanced Accountability,” a new plan he says will block members of the Department of Defense from weaponizing equal opportunity programs.
“We’re back with more reforms here at DOD, and this one is one of the most important ones we’ve done. The official title is Restoring Good Order and Discipline Through Balanced Accountability — little wordy, but over the target. The real title that I call it, ‘The No More Walking on Eggshells Policy,'” Hegseth said in a video announcement shared to X Friday. “You see, too often at the Defense Department there are complaints made for certain reasons that can’t be verified that end people’s career, either though EO (Equal Opportunity) or the IG; we need to reform that process completely so commanders can be commanders.”
He then broke down the policy further, sharing his own examples of what he deems as ways in which people have abused equal opportunity programs in the past.
Link to tweet
“Let me explain it a little bit more, so the DOD has equal opportunity programs for service members and civilians to report discrimination and harassment — that’s a good thing. But, what’s not good is when these programs are weaponized,” the secretary said. “Some individuals use these programs in bad faith to retaliate against superiors or peers; I hear it all the time. Say you receive a bad evaluation — well, file a military EO complaint; it’s nonsense and we want to fix that.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-introduces-no-more-192301611.html
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