Exceptions will be granted on a rare basis with approval from top #military officials, the people familiar with the matter said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive planning.
“It’s meant to be an eyeball-to-eyeball kind of conversation,” one person familiar with ongoing discussions said. “He wants to see the generals.”

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New details emerge on #Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
The defense secretary is expected to lecture about the “warrior ethos” for less than an hour, according to multiple people familiar with the event. But top generals are bracing for possible firings or demotions.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/26/hegseth-generals-meeting-warrior-speech/

Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth has abruptly ordered 800 active duty #US #generals & #admirals from around world 2 assemble at #Marine Corps base in Virginia #quantico next week without explanation, sparking confusion & alarm amid year of senior #Pentagon firings. #military #democracy #defense #nationalsecurity unprecedented to place #generals, #admirals stationed in locations world wide - in 1 location. #war #conflict #loyalty #firing #defense #adversaries #russia #china #coup #martiallaw #NATO

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This can’t be good

#Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The #Pentagon has summoned #US #military officials from around the #world for a gathering in Virginia. Even top generals & their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

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https://wapo.st/4nidndf

#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has ordered hundreds of the #US #military’s generals & admirals to gather on short notice — & without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion & alarm after the #Trump admin’s firing of numerous senior leaders this year.

The highly unusual directive was sent to virtually all of the military’s top commanders #worldwide, according to more than a dozen people familiar with the matter.

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Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth has abruptly ordered 800 active duty #US #generals & #admirals from around world 2 assemble at #Marine Corps base in Virginia #quantico next week without explanation, sparking confusion & alarm amid year of senior #Pentagon firings. #military #democracy #defense #nationalsecurity unprecedented to place #generals, #admirals stationed in locations world wide - in 1 location. #war #conflict #loyalty #firing #defense #adversaries #russia #china #coup #martiallaw #NATO

Top admin officials also have been preparing a new national #defense strategy that is expected to make * #homeland defense* the nation’s top concern, after several years of #China being identified as the top #NationalSecurity risk to the #UnitedStates. Some officials familiar with the order to travel said they thought that may come up.

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“Are we taking every general & flag officer out of the Pacific right now?” one #US official said. “All of it is weird.”
The orders come as #Hegseth has unilaterally directed massive recent changes at the #Pentagon — including directing that the number of general officers be reduced by 20%, firing senior leaders without cause & a high-profile order to rebrand the #Defense Department as the Department of #War.

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Another person said ordering hundreds of #military leaders to appear in the same location is “not how this is done.”

“You don’t call GOFOs leading their people & the global force into an auditorium outside DC & not tell them why/what the topic or agenda is,” this person added, using an abbreviation for general officer or flag officer.

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None of the people who spoke with WaPo could recall a #defense secretary ever ordering so many of the #military’s generals & admirals to assemble like this. Several said it raised #security concerns.

“People are very concerned. They have no idea what it means,” one person said.

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“All general officers in command in grade O-7 through O-10 & their general officer senior enlisted advisers are directed to attend within operational constraints,” the order states, acc/to one person who saw a copy. O-7 through O-10 refers to the #military’s classification for all generals & admirals.

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Top commanders in conflict zones & senior #military leaders stationed throughout #Europe, the #MiddleEast & the #AsiaPacific region are among those expected to attend #Hegseth’s meeting, said people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to publicly discuss the issue. The order does not apply to top military officers who hold staff positions.

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…There are about 800 generals & admirals spread across the #UnitedStates & dozens of other countries and time zones. #Hegseth’s order, people familiar with the matter said, applies to all senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above, or their Navy equivalent, serving in command positions & their top enlisted advisers. Typically, these officers each oversee hundreds or thousands of rank-&-file troops.

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The directive was issued earlier this week, as a #government #shutdown looms, & months after Hegseth’s team at the #Pentagon announced plans to undertake a sweeping #consolidation of top #military commands.

In a statement Thursday, Pentagon spox Sean Parnell affirmed that #Hegseth “will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week,” but he offered no additional details.

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#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has ordered hundreds of the #US #military’s generals & admirals to gather on short notice — & without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion & alarm after the #Trump admin’s firing of numerous senior leaders this year.

The highly unusual directive was sent to virtually all of the military’s top commanders #worldwide, according to more than a dozen people familiar with the matter.

#MilitaryState #MartialLaw #war

#GiftArticle

This can’t be good

#Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The #Pentagon has summoned #US #military officials from around the #world for a gathering in Virginia. Even top generals & their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

#Trump #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #war
https://wapo.st/4nidndf