WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier scolded Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and his senior advisers for not being respectful after some members in the group laughed while posing for pictures in front of the memorial.

"All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all time," the sentinel yelled, prompting Hegseth and other members of the group to turn around as they were walking away from the memorial. The incident, which was captured by television cameras, took place after a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

In addition to Hegseth, the group admonished by the sentinel included his chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver, senior adviser Tami Radabaugh and Hegseth's wife, Jennifer Hegseth. It was not clear which members of the group were laughing.

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[–] [S] 18 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (5 children)

Further in your defense, you were not the acting Secretary of Defense, at the time.

But yeah lol, I've been at Buckingham Palace as a kid, and can remember some other girl in our tourist group standing in the path of the guards and smiling like an idiot.

They march to a stop, simultaneously stomp their feet down and reshoulder their rifles, and scream "MAKE WAY FOR THE GRENADIER GUARD!"

She peed herself and ran away crying lol.

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    Yeah, oftentimes they don’t even slow down. They just knee/shoulder-check you out of the way while yelling.

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