Hegseth Awards Medal To Soldier Who Reprimanded His Entourage At Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

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Hegseth Awards Medal To Soldier Who Reprimanded His Entourage At Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier He's under fire and immense pressure politically from both sides of the aisle related…

He's under fire and immense pressure politically from both sides of the aisle related to execution of the Iran war, but this is a stand-up leadership move by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth:

Hegseth awarded the soldier who reprimanded him and members of his staff at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a Joint Service Commendation Medal on Thursday - coming the day after the high-profile and unusual incident at Arlington Cemetary.

"We love soldiers. We love standards. Well done, Specialist," Hegseth said in social media post. "Carry on Patriots."

CNN and other major outlets featured footage of the deeply awkward moment from the visit to the tomb paid by Hegseth and his entourage, but today it's quickly a very different story, per CNN:

As we detailed Wednesday, a guard of the elite US Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, his wife and a group of his senior advisers on Wednesday after some in the party laughed and chatted beside the memorial following the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

This was the moment the guard sounded off, as he's trained to do under any circumstances - even if there's a VIP visit:

The irony was of course that this was no usual 'dignitary visit' - but the soldier's very boss was in the group.

"Now, we should be clear, this is something that happens if people are at the tomb," CNN anchor Brianna Keilar told viewers, and CNN's Zachary Cohen added that anyone who breaks the silence "will get similarly reprimanded by the Army Sentinel who is guarding the tomb at the time."

At each changing of the guard, the relief commander "faces the spectators and asks them to stand and remain silent during the ceremony," according to the cemetery's own description of the ritual.

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