WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General announced Thursday that it is investigating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s application for unclassified commercial text messages to coordinate a highly sensitive launch of the U.S. strike in Houthis, Yemen on March 15.

The Office of the Inspector General said in a memo to Heggs that it will examine Heggs’s use of signals MET MET Defense Department guidelines, including guidelines related to confidential information.

Hegseth repeatedly said that no confidential information was revealed in the chat, although it included the precise time of launching the U.S. air strike and some targeted details that were considered to be closely protected secrets before the surprise military operation of Yemen (that person in Yemen) (such as a person).

Last week, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of Atlantic magazine, mistakenly included in the conversation, creating an embarrassing incident involving President Donald Trump’s top national security official.

The case also reviewed Heggs, who only won Senate confirmation in one of the injured reviews, raising serious questions about his experience, temperament and perceptions of women in battle.

Acting Inspector General Steven Stebbins wrote: “The purpose of this assessment is to determine that the Secretary of Defense and other Department of Defense personnel comply with Department of Defense policies and procedures for applying for official business using commercial messages.”

“In addition, we will review compliance with classification and record retention requirements.”

Hegseth published plans for the killing of Yemen’s Houthi armed leaders two hours before the start of the military operation and provided precise details on when the F-18 fighter jets will be launched, as well as maritime cruise missiles.

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Hegseth’s text starts with the title “Team Update” and is reported according to Atlantic: These details:

“Time now (1144 ET): The weather is very favorable. Just confirmed that we are the opportunity to launch the Mission”

“1215 ET: F-18S Launch (First Strike Packet)”

“1345:’Triggered based’ F-18 First Strike Window Begins (Target Terrorist is @He is known to the location, so should be on time – Strike Drone Launch (MQ-9S)”

“1410: More F-18 Starts (Second Strike Package)”

“1415: Strike drone (this is the first bomb that will certainly drop when waiting for ‘trigger-based’ target)”

“The second strike of 1536 F-18 begins – and the first sea battle axe was launched.”

Hegseth said that at the end of the text chain, the task was “taken on OPSEC”, the acronym for operational security, and that even journalists did not leak on the text chain.

If Houthi leaders knew the strike was approaching, they might have been able to escape, possibly fleeing to more difficult crowded areas, and potential civilian casualties could be considered too high to proceed.

Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Pentagon Oversight Committee, said the leak could put our pilots in danger.

“The potential fatal consequences of Secretary Heggs’ mistakes are shocking,” Reed said in a statement.

“If the intelligence in his chat message was obtained by Hoothis or another opponent, it would allow them to reposition the weapon to target our pilots with dangerously accurate intelligence.”

On the sign of sensitivity, the U.S. military’s central command provided the public with detailed information on the ongoing operations in Yemen, including basic information on strikes so far.

Asked about details of the event (starting on March 15), a defense official (provided a written response under anonymous condition) sold to Reuters:

“CENTCOM will not provide details about the strike until the end of the action and there is no additional risk to the person or assets involved in us.”

Acting Inspector General Stebbins said the review will be conducted at Washington, D.C. and Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

“We require you to designate two contact points for this assessment within five days,” he wrote in the memorandum.

While the Inspector General rarely investigates the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the office recently conducted an investigation last year on Huggs’s former Joe Biden President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Stepbings became acting inspector general in January after Trump fired the Department of Defense’s independent oversight and other agency regulators.