Pete Hegseth has moved into a military home usually occupied by the Army’s vice chief of staff.
Hegseth laid claim to home at Quarters 8 at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., after a general promoted to the vice chief’s position chose to remain on a different base instead, reported The New York Times.
A Defense Department official told the Times that Hegseth is paying $4,655.70 a month for the pleasure of living on the military base, located just a few miles from the Pentagon.
The military home Pete Hegseth moved into is guarded by two Revolutionary War-era cannons. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images
He is one of several senior White House figures from the Trump administration to take up residence on military bases. The Atlantic found that at least six top Trump officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, are all living at D.C. properties that typically house senior military officers.
Miller is believed to have moved into military housing after his wife, White House aide turned podcaster Katie Miller, said she was confronted at their Arlington home.
The Times notes that while top Cabinet members have lived in military housing in the past, it is “unusual” for so many to be moving into military quarters in such a short amount of time.
Former residents of Quarters 8 believe that the trend of the military bases not being lived in by officers may make it more difficult for admirals and generals posted in the area to find affordable housing.
Quarters 8 is in the middle of a block of 15 military homes that are usually assigned to three-star generals on the Army’s senior staff at the Pentagon.
Rubio moved into his military home just a few doors down from where Hegseth is living shortly after he was sworn in as secretary of state. However, Rubio’s family has not joined him and still lives in Florida, a State Department official told the Times.
Kristi Noem moved out of her D.C. apartment into the home designated for the Coast Guard commandant earlier this year. Anna Moneymaker/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Noem, dubbed “ICE Barbie” for her love for cosplaying in uniforms during PR stunts, has been staying in the Coast Guard commandant’s residence at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., for months now.
She moved into the home normally occupied by the top Coast Guard official after claiming she received threats after photos of her D.C. home were published online by the Daily Mail. A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman told the Times that Noem is “paying fair market rent” for her new digs after reports that she was living rent-free.
Another senior White House official, not identified by The Atlantic, also moved into a military home after being urged to do so by security officials in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk.