WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amreeki Wazir-e-Difa Pete Hegseth ne us fauji ko tamgha diya hai jis ne Veterans Day par Gumnaam Sipahi ke maqbare par hansne par unhein aur un ke muawineen ko toka tha. Yeh qadam is waqiye ki video social media par phailne ke aik din baad samne aaya.
Hegseth ne Jumeraat ko Pentagon mein Amreeki fauj ki teesri infantry regiment, jise Old Guard kaha jata hai, ke Specialist Thomas Iglesias ko Joint Service Commendation Medal diya. Pentagon ke mutabiq yeh aizaz "11 November 2026 ko Gumnaam Sipahi ke maqbare par apne faraiz ki anjaam dahi" par diya gaya.
Hegseth ne social media par likha: "Humein faujiyon se mohabbat hai. Humein mayaar se mohabbat hai. Shabash, Specialist." Is post ke saath unhon ne tamgha lagate aur fauji se haath milate hue apni tasaveer bhi share kin. Aik difai ahalkar ke mutabiq unhon ne regiment ke arkaan ko yeh taqreeb dekhne ke liye Pentagon madoo kiya tha.
Maqbare par kya hua
Budh ko Sadr Donald Trump aur Naib Sadr JD Vance ki maujoodgi mein hone wali Veterans Day ki taqreeb ke baad Hegseth ko maqbare ke samne seerhiyon par apni ahliya Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver aur senior musheer Tami Radabaugh ke saath tasaveer banate hue filmaya gaya.
Group ki janib se zordar qehqaha sunai dene ke baad Iglesias ne apni chowki se pukaar kar kaha: "Tamam zaireen har waqt khamoshi aur ehteram ki faza barqarar rakhenge." Is ke baad woh apni muqarrara raah par chalte rahe. The Thursday Times ne yeh waqia Budh ko report kiya tha.
Maqbare ke muhafiz zaireen ko shor aur tarz-e-amal se mutaliq sakht qawaid ki mamool ke mutabiq yaad dihani karate hain. Pentagon ke chief tarjuman Sean Parnell ne video samne aane ke foran baad kaha tha ke fauji ne "durust aur ba-adab andaz mein sab ko waqar barqarar rakhne ki yaad dihani karai."
Aik junior sipahi ke liye ghair mamooli aizaz
1963 mein mutarif karaya gaya Joint Service Commendation Medal musallah afwaj ke un arkaan ko diya jata hai jo kisi mushtarka taenati ke dauran numayan karkardagi dikhayein ya qabil-e-qadr khidmaat anjaam dein. Ise fauj ke aala aizazaat mein shumar kiya jata hai aur aam taur par yeh junior ahalkaron ko nahin diya jata.
Virginia ke Arlington National Qabristan mein waqe is maqbare mein Pehli Aalmi Jang, Doosri Aalmi Jang aur Jang-e-Korea ke na-maloom Amreeki faujiyon ki baqiyaat dafan hain. Old Guard ke sipahi chaubees ghante is ki nigrani karte hain.
Yeh waqia us ke aik din baad pesh aaya jab Hegseth Aiwan-e-Numaindgan mein muwakhaze ki aik koshish se bach gaye the, jis ke tehat ilzamaat aik committee ko bhej diye gaye. Chunke January se Congress ke dono aiwanon ka control Democrats ke paas hoga, is liye un ke naqideen ki janib se dobara koshish ki tawaqqo hai.
