Stunning moment Pete Hegseth and his staff screamed at by guard for laughing during solemn Veterans Day memorial: ‘Pay respect!’

Pete Hegseth and a group of senior Pentagon officials were told to maintain silence after a guard heard them laughing near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The incident occurred after a Veterans Day ceremony and drew attention because the tomb is a solemn military memorial.

Hegseth was with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria and other officials when the group took photographs and began walking away. A sentinel from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment called out that visitors must maintain silence and respect, then resumed his patrol. A Pentagon spokesman said the department honours military sacrifices and that the soldier had correctly reminded everyone to maintain decorum.