US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has come under scrutiny after reading a prayer at a Christian service held inside the Pentagon that was drawn from a fictional misquote of the biblical book of Ezekiel 25:17 — made famous by actor Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction. Hegseth presented the passage as one recited by the 'Sandy 1' Combat Search and Rescue mission during operations in Iran. The incident has raised questions about the Secretary's judgment and the growing intersection of religious observance and military culture under his leadership.