(LifeSiteNews) — Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of the recently renamed Department of War, told the nation’s top military brass that the Department of War will no longer be the “Department of Woke,” signalling a restoration of high standards and common-sense policies within every branch of the military. “Today, we end the War on Warriors,” declared Hegseth at his presentation before a reported 800 generals and admirals at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia. He called for increasing military readiness, in large part by rooting out woke policies and woke personnel which have infiltrated the entire military in recent years. Based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts.”“Foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading, and we lost our way. “They followed civilian policies set by foolish and reckless political leaders.”“Leaders who embraced woke policies not because they were forced to but because they supported the ideologies behind them will no longer have a place in the U.S. military,” he said.