Hegseth Tours Oshkosh Defense | Green Bay News

Green Bay News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 24, 2026 · 2m

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rolled up his sleeves in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to celebrate American manufacturing as the backbone of U.S. military strength—calling factory workers “patriotism in the form of steel” and linking their labor directly to warfighters on the front lines. During his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour stop at Oshkosh Corporation, he spotlighted the company’s critical defense contracts and urged other U.S. businesses to join the effort, promising to cut through Pentagon red tape to make defense production easier. While touting a generational investment in modernizing America’s…