1 00:00:00,009 --> 00:00:02,009 Hello everyone , I'm Pentagon Press 2 00:00:02,009 --> 00:00:04,231 secretary Kingsley Wilson , and welcome 3 00:00:04,231 --> 00:00:06,710 to the DOW's weekly Situation Report . 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,889 On Monday , Secretary of War Pete 5 00:00:08,889 --> 00:00:10,899 Hegseth hosted Canada's National 6 00:00:10,899 --> 00:00:13,239 Defense Minister for a bilateral 7 00:00:13,239 --> 00:00:15,128 discussion here at the Pentagon . 8 00:00:15,199 --> 00:00:17,200 Canada is one of the United States' 9 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,280 closest defense partners , as both 10 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,336 nations share responsibility for the 11 00:00:21,336 --> 00:00:23,613 defense of North America through NORAD . 12 00:00:23,739 --> 00:00:25,795 As Secretary Hegseth said during the 13 00:00:25,795 --> 00:00:27,850 meeting , there is no doubt that the 14 00:00:27,850 --> 00:00:29,940 threats to North America require a 15 00:00:29,940 --> 00:00:32,430 strong U.S.Canada defense partnership . 16 00:00:32,990 --> 00:00:35,610 On Tuesday , Secretary Hegseth signed a 17 00:00:35,610 --> 00:00:37,869 directive announcing the elimination of 18 00:00:37,869 --> 00:00:40,549 a DOW advisory committee called the 19 00:00:40,549 --> 00:00:42,950 Defense Advisory Committee for Women in 20 00:00:42,950 --> 00:00:45,119 the Services . The committee for 21 00:00:45,119 --> 00:00:47,229 decades was focused on advancing a 22 00:00:47,229 --> 00:00:49,909 divisive feminist agenda that hurts 23 00:00:49,909 --> 00:00:52,349 combat readiness . Online critics have 24 00:00:52,349 --> 00:00:54,349 decried the move , saying this will 25 00:00:54,349 --> 00:00:56,571 discourage women to join the military , 26 00:00:56,571 --> 00:00:58,516 but the reality reflects the exact 27 00:00:58,516 --> 00:01:01,584 opposite . Existed during the last 28 00:01:01,584 --> 00:01:03,417 administration's recruitment and 29 00:01:03,417 --> 00:01:05,140 retention crisis . With female 30 00:01:05,140 --> 00:01:07,028 recruitment numbers soaring under 31 00:01:07,028 --> 00:01:09,251 President Trump and Secretary Hegseth's 32 00:01:09,251 --> 00:01:11,417 leadership , it is clear that Dakowitz 33 00:01:11,417 --> 00:01:13,640 is not the reason women are joining the 34 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,751 military . Secretary Hegseth has made 35 00:01:15,751 --> 00:01:17,695 clear that things like this are no 36 00:01:17,695 --> 00:01:19,917 longer acceptable at DOW and is focused 37 00:01:19,917 --> 00:01:22,644 on advancing uniform neutral standards 38 00:01:22,644 --> 00:01:24,811 across the department . On Wednesday , 39 00:01:24,811 --> 00:01:26,644 the United States National Guard 40 00:01:26,644 --> 00:01:29,010 announced that it Has exceeded its 2025 41 00:01:29,010 --> 00:01:30,959 recruitment goals , reflecting an 42 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:32,860 extraordinary trend of robust 43 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,220 enlistment across the entire US 44 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:37,330 military . Congratulations to our 45 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:39,500 amazing National Guardsmen . We are 46 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:41,722 proud to announce that our social media 47 00:01:41,722 --> 00:01:43,944 game has trumped the Lloyd Austin era . 48 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,500 Department of War has put the previous 49 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:48,667 administration's social media strategy 50 00:01:48,667 --> 00:01:51,220 to shame , with a more than 1,000% 51 00:01:51,220 --> 00:01:53,580 increase in post impressions and 52 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:55,675 engagement . We've surpassed every 53 00:01:55,675 --> 00:01:57,564 social media benchmark set by the 54 00:01:57,564 --> 00:01:59,342 previous administration . We're 55 00:01:59,342 --> 00:02:01,175 breaking records , setting a new 56 00:02:01,175 --> 00:02:03,175 standard for engagement , and we've 57 00:02:03,175 --> 00:02:05,342 only just begun . And lastly , we here 58 00:02:05,342 --> 00:02:07,564 at the War Department are devastated to 59 00:02:07,564 --> 00:02:09,835 share that 4 of our brave warriors 60 00:02:09,835 --> 00:02:11,904 perished last week while conducting 61 00:02:11,904 --> 00:02:14,315 routine flight training near Joint Base 62 00:02:14,315 --> 00:02:16,554 Lewis-McChord . Our hearts are with our 63 00:02:16,554 --> 00:02:18,887 fallen service members , their families , 64 00:02:18,887 --> 00:02:21,470 and the entire JBLM community . That's 65 00:02:21,470 --> 00:02:23,637 all we have for you this week . Thanks 66 00:02:23,637 --> 00:02:25,692 for watching . God bless you all and 67 00:02:25,692 --> 00:02:27,748 God bless this great country we call 68 00:02:27,748 --> 00:02:27,500 home .