It's not a mask ... or at least, there is more than a mask going on. If you look at the video (maybe another anon can supply the link), there's an entire mouth underneath the mask and ... it's his mouth!
Once you see both mouths moving at the same time while he's speaking, you can't understand it and it becomes obvious that somehow his mouth is showing up twice on the feed, one on his face and the other below the line. So whether or not he's wearing a mask, this is some kind of production error, or a messed-up camera lens.
Further to this, Fox's production value has serious issues at times. I've seen numerous "glitches" that I can't really explain beyond production artefacts because otherwise the glitches make no sense at all.
I am pretty retarded but who isn't in this world? We are all operating way under our capacity mentally. Our brains/nervous systems are biological mega-computers with the power to synthesize reality and project it in realtime 3D space down to the picosecond in sync with physical reality. We all contend with the same physical elements of reality but the way it looks and what we think things represent varies greatly depending on our particular outlook.
So after digging into production glitches it is actually a shadow caused by a double lighting effect.
There are two separate lights creating both that washed out look (front light) and a light from above creating the chin shadow. That's why it moves with his face as well, because part of the shadow is caused by the guy's chin.
Robert Stiles Harward, Jr., known as Bob Harward, is a retired United States Navy SEAL and a former Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command, under the leadership command of General James Mattis. After working as a chief executive at Lockheed Martin's Middle East business division for eight years, he joined Shield AI as executive vice president for International Business and Strategy. He served as the Deputy Commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command and commanded Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435.
After the resignation of Michael T. Flynn, U.S. President Donald Trump offered him the position of National Security Advisor on February 14, 2017. He declined the offer on February 16. While Harward cited family commitments as his reason for refusing the role, news sources reported that Harward was unable to agree with Trump over his scope to make his own appointments to his team.
It CERTAINLY DOES look like he's wearing a mask....There's no reasonable explanation for what's going on with his neckline that I've heard yet.
So...WHAT'S THE POINT? - Maybe the point is to draw attention to him, his relationship to the administration, Flynn etc. This "little stunt" might be just enough to get you to dig a little...
VADM Harward is a JINSA 2022 General and Admirals Program participant and a member of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project.
VADM Harward is Shield AI’s Executive Vice President for International Business and Strategy, where he brings his expertise and energy to the company’s current and prospective customers globally. Prior to joining Shield AI, Bob served as the Chief Executive for Lockheed Martin Middle East and was recognized by Forbes as one of the fifty (# 10) most influential CEOs in the Middle East while serving in this position. Bob has lived in Abu Dhabi for nine years.
A National Security Expert in both theory and application, he served on the National Security Council for the Bush administration, commissioned the National Counter Terrorism Center, and has extensive combat experience as a U.S. Navy SEAL, in Afghanistan, Iraq (he led invasions in both countries in Oct. 2001 and March 2003), Syria, Somalia, Yemen and Bosnia, as well as the rest of the Middle East.
VADM Harward is a U.S. Naval Academy alum; he holds a master’s degree in International Security Affairs from the Naval War College and is a graduate of MIT’s Foreign Policy Program. He also served as an executive fellow at RAND. Prior to joining Shield AI, he was a chief executive at Lockheed Martin for eight years and a Vice Admiral (SEAL) in the United States Navy, with his last assignment as Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM). He was asked by President Trump to serve as his National Security Advisor.
VADM Harward grew up in Iran, graduated from the Tehran American School, and speaks Farsi. His significant recognitions include the Donovan Award from the CIA, the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of State, the German Silver Star, the Polish Silver Star, and he was designated a Commander of the Polish GROM (Special Operation Forces). The Department of Defense awarded him the Defense Distinguished Service Medal (three), the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star with V device (four), and the Presidential Unit Citation (two) for combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was also recognized with the US Naval War
College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award. Bob served on the Secretary of Defense’s Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) as chair of the Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Task Force, is an advisor to Draper Labs, is an adjunct, and sits on several commercial boards, to include Channel and USAA REALCO.
VADM Harward is a professional parachutist and has performed all over the world. On Oct. 27, 2019, he set the World Record for the highest parachute landing on the West Col Base Camp of Mount Everest at over 23,000 feet. He enjoys all forms of physical and intellectual competition, particularly chess, racquetball, golf, and squash.
Thanks for the info. I didn't know who that was - since I get news from alternative sources, there's no reason to watch the news for anything more than the weather.
This is why this community is so awesome, we can disagree and/or state something without the facts, raising my hand 'guilty', and remain respectful. Love ya brother
Fox News tells TMZ ... "Vice Admiral Robert Harward appeared on FOX News Channel earlier this week via a remote, mobile camera operated by an outside vendor. During the interview, lighting conditions in the van contrasted with the vice admiral’s jacket, which caused a shadow to appear on his neck.”
It's a mask. May I draw your attention to his clothing?
The collar and collar stand are both collapsed, and he is wearing a dress shirt over an outer garment weight colored T-shirt. His jacket is hurriedly put on and is so ill-adjusted that the shirt isn't covered by the collar on his left side.
That collapse of the collar is the mark of a poorly made and inexpensive shirt. Look at the ladies collar; you can see the difference.
A military man, especially of that rank is unlikely to appear in public in this level of dishabille. To represent himself without being squared away?
Even if he was in reduced circumstances and couldn't afford a decent shirt, a million dollar collar stay of some type would be used. I can't see them, but I would bet money this person didn't have polished shoes, either.
I do think some of the supposed “mask” videos we’ve seen are due to compression artifacts…but this one seems as if it is legitimately a mask. Just my opinion after doing a little digging.
He must have been sick on Neck Flap Day at the Academy.
It's not a mask ... or at least, there is more than a mask going on. If you look at the video (maybe another anon can supply the link), there's an entire mouth underneath the mask and ... it's his mouth!
Once you see both mouths moving at the same time while he's speaking, you can't understand it and it becomes obvious that somehow his mouth is showing up twice on the feed, one on his face and the other below the line. So whether or not he's wearing a mask, this is some kind of production error, or a messed-up camera lens.
Further to this, Fox's production value has serious issues at times. I've seen numerous "glitches" that I can't really explain beyond production artefacts because otherwise the glitches make no sense at all.
It's the shadow of his chin.
i can see how a retard might see it that way
ediit: maybe im the retard ?
from a reply:
https://streamable.com/y1ighi
I am pretty retarded but who isn't in this world? We are all operating way under our capacity mentally. Our brains/nervous systems are biological mega-computers with the power to synthesize reality and project it in realtime 3D space down to the picosecond in sync with physical reality. We all contend with the same physical elements of reality but the way it looks and what we think things represent varies greatly depending on our particular outlook.
well played
So after digging into production glitches it is actually a shadow caused by a double lighting effect.
There are two separate lights creating both that washed out look (front light) and a light from above creating the chin shadow. That's why it moves with his face as well, because part of the shadow is caused by the guy's chin.
Example of the effect: https://streamable.com/y1ighi
thanks
This is exactly what I was saying and got attacked, not on here but on Youtube. Thank you
Wow his head is so shiny he could use it to blind others with the sun, like Krillin from Dragon ball
Heyyy, I resemble that!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harward
It CERTAINLY DOES look like he's wearing a mask....There's no reasonable explanation for what's going on with his neckline that I've heard yet.
So...WHAT'S THE POINT? - Maybe the point is to draw attention to him, his relationship to the administration, Flynn etc. This "little stunt" might be just enough to get you to dig a little...
VADM Harward is a JINSA 2022 General and Admirals Program participant and a member of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project.
VADM Harward is Shield AI’s Executive Vice President for International Business and Strategy, where he brings his expertise and energy to the company’s current and prospective customers globally. Prior to joining Shield AI, Bob served as the Chief Executive for Lockheed Martin Middle East and was recognized by Forbes as one of the fifty (# 10) most influential CEOs in the Middle East while serving in this position. Bob has lived in Abu Dhabi for nine years.
A National Security Expert in both theory and application, he served on the National Security Council for the Bush administration, commissioned the National Counter Terrorism Center, and has extensive combat experience as a U.S. Navy SEAL, in Afghanistan, Iraq (he led invasions in both countries in Oct. 2001 and March 2003), Syria, Somalia, Yemen and Bosnia, as well as the rest of the Middle East.
VADM Harward is a U.S. Naval Academy alum; he holds a master’s degree in International Security Affairs from the Naval War College and is a graduate of MIT’s Foreign Policy Program. He also served as an executive fellow at RAND. Prior to joining Shield AI, he was a chief executive at Lockheed Martin for eight years and a Vice Admiral (SEAL) in the United States Navy, with his last assignment as Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM). He was asked by President Trump to serve as his National Security Advisor.
VADM Harward grew up in Iran, graduated from the Tehran American School, and speaks Farsi. His significant recognitions include the Donovan Award from the CIA, the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of State, the German Silver Star, the Polish Silver Star, and he was designated a Commander of the Polish GROM (Special Operation Forces). The Department of Defense awarded him the Defense Distinguished Service Medal (three), the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star with V device (four), and the Presidential Unit Citation (two) for combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was also recognized with the US Naval War
College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award. Bob served on the Secretary of Defense’s Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) as chair of the Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Task Force, is an advisor to Draper Labs, is an adjunct, and sits on several commercial boards, to include Channel and USAA REALCO.
VADM Harward is a professional parachutist and has performed all over the world. On Oct. 27, 2019, he set the World Record for the highest parachute landing on the West Col Base Camp of Mount Everest at over 23,000 feet. He enjoys all forms of physical and intellectual competition, particularly chess, racquetball, golf, and squash.
https://jinsa.org/person/vadm-robert-harward-usn-ret/
u/#burry
Thanks for the info. I didn't know who that was - since I get news from alternative sources, there's no reason to watch the news for anything more than the weather.
"Excuse me sir but your psy-op is showing".
Maybe this is why: https://x.com/TheRubberDuck79/status/2057666153548329026?s=20
WTF man, it's so obvious to me that the bright lighting from the left is casting a distinct shadow on his neck. NOT a mask.
If you say so…
Yeah. My bad dude, I was able to see this on a larger screen and I actually am with you now. Please forgive me.
Honestly, I really don’t know anything about lighting and I could be wrong. Don’t worry about it, I’m wrong a lot. :)
This is why this community is so awesome, we can disagree and/or state something without the facts, raising my hand 'guilty', and remain respectful. Love ya brother
That’s why it’s GAW, I’ve learned a lot on this site. Glad I’m here, waiting with my popcorn. :)
Odo from Star Trek...
https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/22/robert-harward-has-internet-making-mask-theories/
Fox News tells TMZ ... "Vice Admiral Robert Harward appeared on FOX News Channel earlier this week via a remote, mobile camera operated by an outside vendor. During the interview, lighting conditions in the van contrasted with the vice admiral’s jacket, which caused a shadow to appear on his neck.”
It's a mask. May I draw your attention to his clothing?
The collar and collar stand are both collapsed, and he is wearing a dress shirt over an outer garment weight colored T-shirt. His jacket is hurriedly put on and is so ill-adjusted that the shirt isn't covered by the collar on his left side. That collapse of the collar is the mark of a poorly made and inexpensive shirt. Look at the ladies collar; you can see the difference.
A military man, especially of that rank is unlikely to appear in public in this level of dishabille. To represent himself without being squared away?
Even if he was in reduced circumstances and couldn't afford a decent shirt, a million dollar collar stay of some type would be used. I can't see them, but I would bet money this person didn't have polished shoes, either.
Impostor
Video compression artifacts can be pretty bizarre looking and they come in different forms.
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n9kbem/what_is_this_weird_glitch_that_happened_on_this/
I do think some of the supposed “mask” videos we’ve seen are due to compression artifacts…but this one seems as if it is legitimately a mask. Just my opinion after doing a little digging.
so who is he?
Another take on this video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sDWl_yemZXc
Its palm beach pete