Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell

Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell

The US Military Is Not Donald Trump’s Personal Army

Professionals inside the military are in an existential struggle happening behind the scenes

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Wes O'Donnell
Apr 14, 2026
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In 2015, I gave a series of speeches at the US Air Force Academy’s National Character and Leadership Symposium. The theme that year was, “Professionalism in the profession of arms.”

They even gave me a nifty plaque I still display in my office.

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