This is the official US Department of Defense/War social media page, the man on stage with the Secretary or War Pete Hegseth is his pastor, Doug Wilson.

Wilson is a self-declared Christian Nationalist and theonomist. He believes that biblical law, specifically the judicial and moral laws of the Old Testament, remains binding and should form the basis of modern civil government and society.

I listened to a two hour interview with Wilson on Sam Harris' podcast, convinced that there must be a more reasonable context to his beliefs than what was reported.

Instead, I heard Wilson argue in favour of a future US State in which only the men in each household could vote, that slavery wasn't immoral and could return, and that executing individuals for defying biblical law was theologically obligatory.

It appears he is now giving sermons at the Pentagon.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE HEADED !!

Military.com reported on Saturday that this month’s service, which included an invitation from “SECWAR” with a cross, led to a flurry of complaints from active-duty members, veterans and defense contractors. One contractor, for example, told Military.com that this particular invite, one of many throughout the past few months, was "stark, depressing, almost threatening."

Some of Wilson’s statements over the years have been viewed as dubious, sexist and unbecoming of a Christian.

One of those statements involved Wilson, 72, who is married and a father, saying that giving women the lawful ability to vote is a bad idea—saying, "Women are the kind of people that people come out of."

"The wife and mother, who is the chief executive of the home, is entrusted with three or four or five eternal souls," Wilson said during an interview with CNN in August 2025.

Hegseth, following the interview, posted a clip of Wilson’s appearance on X with the caption: "All of Christ for All of Life."