<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proud to present <a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecWar</a> with a Missouri flag flown over our State Capitol earlier today. <br><br>Welcome to Missouri 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/LtKuctDwLC">pic.twitter.com/LtKuctDwLC</a></p>&mdash; Governor Mike Kehoe (@GovMikeKehoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeKehoe/status/2024261376768651650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The best of America stepped forward.<br><br>While visiting St. Louis, Missouri, <a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SECWAR</a> administered the Oath of Enlistment to 32 proud Americans. 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/Dzn7K82x0X">pic.twitter.com/Dzn7K82x0X</a></p>&mdash; Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeptofWar/status/2024459309418237976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To the proud Americans tirelessly rebuilding the Arsenal of Freedom— <br><br>Build fast. Build lethal. We’ve got your backs. 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/ZtiAsruOGR">pic.twitter.com/ZtiAsruOGR</a></p>&mdash; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar/status/2024318205817499943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">St. Louis is the heart of America&#39;s defense industry.<br><br>Our workers have built the greatest machines used by our military &amp; will make America&#39;s next-generation fighter plane. <br><br>Proud to join <a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecWar</a> at Boeing today to celebrate our workforce and commit to peace through strength🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/aw8zwH3WWG">pic.twitter.com/aw8zwH3WWG</a></p>&mdash; Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/2024285746173977056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proud to be in St. Louis today to welcome <a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecWar</a> Pete Hegseth to the Show Me State for his Arsenal of Freedom Tour.<br><br>We celebrated <a href="https://twitter.com/Boeing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Boeing</a> moving its defense manufacturing HQ back to Missouri, now known as Fighter Land, USA! <a href="https://t.co/ayXnLwNljs">pic.twitter.com/ayXnLwNljs</a></p>&mdash; Rep. Mark Alford (@RepMarkAlford) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMarkAlford/status/2024296131224543698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We also shared how a new defense corridor is emerging, stretching from St. Louis to Wichita with Kansas City in the center of it all, thanks to the historic investments in our national defense from the Working Families Tax Cut law and <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>’ efforts to rebuild our defense…</p>&mdash; Rep. Mark Alford (@RepMarkAlford) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMarkAlford/status/2024296137113395231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

Secretary of War makes an important stop in Missouri