Senior Army Official Makes Startling Admission About Soldier Astronaut on the Moon
Officially speaking, the last time a person landed on the moon was in 1972. But yesterday on Fox News, a senior Army official claimed that "we talked to an astronaut yesterday who's on the moon who's a soldier." This has many people wondering - is the US military secretly landing people on the moon?
In an interview with Brian Kilmede on Fox News this Wednesday, the Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll seems to have revealed extraordinary news when discussing 'All of the amazing things that the Army has done.' After mentioning work the Army did to help with the floods in North Carolina and wildfires in California, he dropped an absolute bombshell of an admission when he stated that just yesterday they spoke with a soldier astronaut on the moon. Immediately he moves on to his final point about how the Army protects America by fighting wars to protect our freedoms.
The full statement with context:
Kilmede: 'So Gavin Newsom foolishly said yesterday, 'The President's having a parade for his birthday.' It's about the Army. And it's about Flag Day. And it happens to be the President's birthday. And this idea was actually brought up by the Army by General George when Biden was President. But it was gonna be much smaller. Can you share a light on tha- shed a light on that?'
Driscoll: 'Yeah I- I think there's kind of two things here that just I find preposterous. Thing one is as if the Army 170 years before the President was even born could have lined this up to be his birthday. It is just insanity to me that they are pushing back on this idea that we want to celebrate our 250th anniversary with an entity and a body that has done so much for this nation and that so many people have this incredible connection to.'
Driscoll: 'And then the second things is, to your point, the Army started planning this long in advance because what we believe is this will continue the strength in recruiting and retention that we have as young Americans across the country get to see all of the amazing things that the Army has done whether it's helping with floods in North Carolina or wildfires in California or we talked to an astronaut yesterday who's on the moon who's a soldier, including actually going to war and fighting to defend the freedoms that are, uh, that make our nation so great. We think this is gonna be an incredible opportunity for the Army to fill up our pipeline for the years to come and I find it offensive that anybody is challenging that.'
Kilmede: 'Right. The Army can celebrate the Army. That's what it's about.'
So far the Pentagon has made no statement on this admission, and the context seems to offer no alternative explanation for what Driscoll could have meant.
Senior Army Official Makes Startling Admission About Soldier Astronaut on the Moon first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 12, 2025
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