Donald Trump is now the 47th President and Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. Unlike during his first term, Trump now brings a defense secretary who understands that a significant portion of the fight for freedom is ideological. Former lieutenant colonels Matthew Lohmeier and Stuart Scheller are also returning to the Department of Defense as senior civilians, influencing strategic policy. These men, along with future Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, share the common experience of facing aggressive persecution for speaking out in defense of truth. It is a reversal whose time has at last come. I expect them, along with many others, to prosecute the case against ideological corruption in the ranks with prejudice.
For years now, I have had people from across the military reach out to me and say things like, “I want to speak up against the wrong…
