I don't "just know that". However you think you "just know that", I think you should verify your sources before spreading that around.
This is further compounded by the fact the DOD, and the administration at large, is headed by some of the most incompetent and morally bankrupt individuals imaginable. I wouldn't trust Hegseth to change a goddamn light bulb, let alone run the DOD.
I do think those who bully those who defend the US online are the morally bankrupt ones.