Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff damages a historic globe during an attempted relocation to his Pentagon office, according to multiple reports. The globe, described as a 30-inch Eisenhower-era globe used by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in relation to World War II planning, is reported to be shattered or otherwise badly damaged after being moved by aides rather than handled by specialists.
Outlet coverage draws on accounts attributed to Army officials and reports including photographs published by the Washington Post. The damage is described in different ways, including the globe being shattered and becoming detached from its mounting, as well as a hole or gash in the shell near Antarctica. One outlet adds that an Army spokesperson acknowledges the globe detached from its metal mounting. The New Republic also frames the incident as reflecting how the move was handled, but it still points to the same basic event: a botched staff attempt early this year and a refusal to involve archivists or museum professionals.
All outlets referenced here describe the same core incident and attribution to the Army and/or reporting by the Washington Post; they differ mainly in emphasis, such as whether the headline foregrounds “shattered” versus a “hole,” and in how much contextual commentary is included.
