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Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
By Konstantin Toropin, Emma Burrows and Ben Finley, The Associated Press
 Sep 25, 2025, 03:46 PM
 
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military’s top officers — hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers at the Marine Corps base in Quantico. The people, who described the move as unusual, were not authorized to publicly discuss the sensitive plans and spoke on condition of anonymity.


The Pentagon’s top spokesman, Sean Parnell, confirmed that Hegseth “will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week.”

Across the military, there are 800 generals and admirals of all ranks. Many command thousands of service members and are stationed across the world in more than a dozen countries and time zones.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/09/25/hegseth-abruptly-summons-hundreds-of-top-military-leaders-to-meeting/
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Re: Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2025, 01:53:32 pm »
Wonder if there is some intelligence that has Putin attacking a NATO member.

That would be the first shoe to drop in  SHTF scenario, and a possible West vs. BRICS war. 
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2025, 01:57:32 pm »
Wonder if there is some intelligence that has Putin attacking a NATO member.

That would be the first shoe to drop in  SHTF scenario, and a possible West vs. BRICS war. 

If that were the case, the all-hands meeting would have been called in secret, on a need-to-know basis, not publicly.
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2025, 02:05:43 pm »
If that were the case, the all-hands meeting would have been called in secret, on a need-to-know basis, not publicly.
Agreed. And how "urgent" is it if the meeting isn't until next week?

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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2025, 02:06:39 pm »
Agreed. And how "urgent" is it if the meeting isn't until next week?

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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2025, 03:09:10 pm »
If that were the case, the all-hands meeting would have been called in secret, on a need-to-know basis, not publicly.

That's a good point. but.... Now why on earth would 800 generals and admirals drop everything they are doing  :pondering:
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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2025, 03:13:12 pm »
That's a good point. but.... Now why on earth would 800 generals and admirals drop everything they are doing  :pondering:

That I don't know, and I agree it's odd.
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2025, 03:58:37 pm »
That's a good point. but.... Now why on earth would 800 generals and admirals drop everything they are doing  :pondering:

Firing squad.  Trump kills all the Generals installs puppet generals and sets up a dictatorship.

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Re: Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2025, 07:14:21 pm »
If that were the case, the all-hands meeting would have been called in secret, on a need-to-know basis, not publicly.
Unless the plan is to use the meeting to act as a deterrent, to send a signal that we know something is up, and we're ready for it.
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Re: Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2025, 06:05:27 am »
Maybe Hegseth will announce his resignation and announce AOC will be his replacement. 000hehehehe
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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2025, 10:24:22 am »

Hegseth’s surprise gathering of top military brass is to deliver speech on ‘warrior ethos,’ sources say
Story by Natasha Bertrand, Alayna Treene, CNN • 1d

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s surprise gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals in Virginia next week is being called so he can describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” and outline new standards for military personnel, according to half a dozen people familiar with the planning.
 
“It’s meant to be a show of force of what the new military now looks like under the president,” a White House official told CNN.

The meeting is expected to resemble “a pep rally” where Hegseth will underscore the importance of the “warrior ethos” and outline a new vision for the US military, said three of the sources. He is expected to discuss new readiness, fitness and grooming standards the officers are expected to adhere to and enforce.

“It’s about getting the horses into the stable and whipping them into shape,” said a defense official familiar with the planning. “And the guys with the stars on their shoulders make for a better audience from an optics standpoint. This is a showcase for Hegseth to tell them: get on board, or potentially have your career shortened.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hegseth-s-surprise-gathering-of-top-military-brass-is-to-deliver-speech-on-warrior-ethos-sources-say/ar-AA1NnClH?ocid=BingNewsVerp
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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2025, 10:25:47 am »
If that's all, he could have done it by teleconference.  So, I'm guessing there are one or two other things much meatier on the agenda. :yowsa:
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Re: Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2025, 02:25:05 pm »
Trump will speak at large meeting of generals called by Hegseth: Report
By Molly Parks
September 28, 2025 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump is expected to speak at the meeting of top U.S. military leaders this Tuesday, according to multiple reports.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has called for a meeting of hundreds of senior military leaders in Quantico, Virginia this week. President Trump will be giving a speech before the meeting of admirals and generals, per various media reports.

The purpose of the special meeting, which is expected to include officials coming from overseas, is still unclear. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told the Washington Examiner on Thursday Hegseth “will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week.”

The Secret Service is now in charge of securing the event, according to the Washington Post.

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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2025, 03:09:26 pm »
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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2025, 03:44:40 pm »
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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2025, 01:17:23 pm »
Trump will speak at a hastily called meeting of top military leaders, AP source says

Staff headshot of Chris Megerian at the Associated Press bureau in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Updated 3:54 PM EDT, September 28, 2025
 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will speak at a hastily called meeting of top military leaders on Tuesday, according to a White House official.

Hundreds of generals and admirals — senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers — have been summoned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from all over the world to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, with little notice.

The White House official was not authorized to discuss the president’s plans before a public announcement about his attendance and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Trump told NBC News in an interview Sunday that they would be “talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape, talking about a lot of good, positive things.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-hegseth-military-commanders-meeting-158220ce107215c3d56b42f9f24623a8
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« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2025, 01:19:40 pm »
I'm guessing there may be a passing comment or two about unpatriotic retired flag officers. :im waiting:
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« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2025, 12:46:44 pm »



President Trump hailed the use of military force to police American cities, telling generals and admirals in a Tuesday address that it was important to quell “the enemy within.”

“San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they’re very unsafe places and we’re gonna straighten them out one by one,” Trump told hundreds of senior U.S. military officers packed into a hall at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va.
 
“This is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. That’s a war too. It’s a war from within,” Trump added.

Trump’s speech, which lasted well over an hour, followed an address by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who last week summoned generals and admirals from around the world to the meeting.

Much of Hegseth’s talk centered on his longstanding contention that U.S. military standards were relaxed during previous administrations in which diversity and inclusion were an important part of the Defense Department’s personnel policies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-tells-generals-the-military-will-be-used-to-fight-enemy-within/ar-AA1NB0W8?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=68dc08c160c249bcb10c71d54d39ffac&ei=28
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« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2025, 01:08:41 pm »

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Why is Trump using the military internally = here it is!
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« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2025, 01:17:36 pm »
Yeah I'm sure we'd be just fine if Biden or Obama was saying something like this.

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Why is Trump using the military internally = here it is!

 :shrug: Why the urgency?

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« Reply #29 on: September 30, 2025, 01:25:28 pm »
Sanctuary cities and sanctuary states are not providing Trump with any options.

State and municipal Governments are acting Unconstitutionally in defiance of the Constitution's Supremacy Clause.  They are acting as breakaway republics giving local and state laws precedence over Federal law.

We are a nation of laws (allegedly).
The US Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land.
Federal Law takes precedence over state and municipal laws.

Municipalities and States that give their laws precedence over Federal Law are acting unlawfully, and must be brought into compliance with the United States Constitution to preserve our Constitutional Federal Republic.



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« Reply #30 on: September 30, 2025, 01:28:17 pm »
Sanctuary cities and sanctuary states are not providing Trump with any options.

State and municipal Governments are acting Unconstitutionally in defiance of the Constitution's Supremacy Clause.  They are acting as breakaway republics giving local and state laws precedence over Federal law.

Seems this could be settled in court, and if an official is found in contempt, jail them?

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As it is, the optics for this are terrible.

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« Reply #31 on: September 30, 2025, 01:34:32 pm »
Congress and the Executive need to step up and punish sanctaury municipalities and states by witholding Federal funds and closing civilian Federal facilities in those jurisdictions.

The Dems have to choose - American Constitutional Federal Republicanism or illegal aliens.

Municipalities and States have to choose - The benefits of American Constitutional Federal Republicanism or illegal aliens.

Dems are forcing the issue by their lawless conduct on behalf of illegal aliens.

I would go as far as furlough air traffic controllers in sanctuary jurisdictions to shut down their airports.

Dems need to cut the $h!t with their lawlessness governance in defiance of the US Constitution.

I'm at a loss as to why the Dems chose illegal aliens as the hill for themselves to die on.  Is this George Soros' doing?

Immigration Laws can be changed by Congress, but Dems are not willing to abide by the US Constitution.

WTF do Dems love illegal aliens more than Civil Rights, Veterans Affiars, and their legal American constiutuents?

Illegal aliens is a damn stupid issue for the Dems to destroy their own party and their own country.
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« Reply #32 on: September 30, 2025, 01:40:01 pm »
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« Reply #33 on: September 30, 2025, 02:10:21 pm »
Congress and the Executive need to step up and punish sanctaury municipalities and states by witholding Federal funds and closing civilian Federal facilities in those jurisdictions.

The Dems have to choose - American Constitutional Federal Republicanism or illegal aliens.

Municipalities and States have to choose - The benefits of American Constitutional Federal Republicanism or illegal aliens.

Dems are forcing the issue by their lawless conduct on behalf of illegal aliens.

I would go as far as furlough air traffic controllers in sanctuary jurisdictions to shut down their airports.

Dems need to cut the $h!t with their lawlessness governance in defiance of the US Constitution.

I'm at a loss as to why the Dems chose illegal aliens as the hill for themselves to die on.  Is this George Soros' doing?

Immigration Laws can be changed by Congress, but Dems are not willing to abide by the US Constitution.

WTF do Dems love illegal aliens more than Civil Rights, Veterans Affiars, and their legal American constiutuents?

Illegal aliens is a damn stupid issue for the Dems to destroy their own party and their own country.

Yes, but the whole premise behind allowing massive ILLEGAL migration was for the vote count and for the Dems to remain in power.  That hasn't changed.  They are holding on to sanctuary cities and resisting Trump deporting them.  They don't care if their cities burn, it's all about the vote and power.

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« Reply #34 on: September 30, 2025, 03:22:32 pm »
Maybe if Dems advocated for woking Americans instead of illegal aliens, trannies, and Hamas-lovers, they wouldn't have to import cheap foreign voters.  They're only doing the voting Americans don't want to do.
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« Reply #35 on: September 30, 2025, 04:38:49 pm »
The same people who call the J6 protest an insurrection are engaging in insurrection, and doing so with the full power of their offices and color of law.

What options are left when even the judges in those jurisdictions are involved? There is little or no relief to be found through the courts.

It's ugly, granted, and while the precedent has already been established (see: The Bonus Army), I do not like the optics the Left is generating in preparation for the midterms by forcing actions that will be referred to as "Nazi" tactics.

This is their Hail Mary play, escalating and seemingly random violence, defiance of the law, and behind it all they have well organized and well funded efforts to regain power.

The response has to yield positive results well ahead of the Midterm elections, or getting what needs to be done done is just going to get tougher.

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Re: Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
« Reply #36 on: September 30, 2025, 05:17:41 pm »
Weird opines:
"As it is, the optics for this are terrible."

Do you think the leftist/communists care about "optics"...?

Optics are... for the losers.

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Re: Hegseth abruptly summons hundreds of top military leaders to meeting
« Reply #37 on: September 30, 2025, 06:45:19 pm »
Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
The senior military officers:  Their silence was golden.
Trump and Hegseth:  At once clownish and dangerous.
11:09 AM · Sep 30, 2025


Cynical Publius
@CynicalPublius
Retired Army colonel here.  Three combat tours.  60% disabled per the VA.  Spent most of my tactical career in the 82nd Airborne.
Please read what I am about to say with the sneering condescension with which I intend it:
Mr. Kristol, you are a grifter.  Worse, you are a lying grifter devoid of morals who lets his beliefs change with whatever winds point to more filthy lucre.  Today's speech by Secretary Hegseth was both entirely necessary and entirely spectacular.  Those of us rank and file who fought in the wars you and your yellow, slobbering neocon chickenhawk buddies sent us off to die in applaud this effort with the utmost enthusiasm.  These clownish, dangerous, senior generals and admirals have been the architects of American military failure for 20+ years.  Their silence is indicative of nothing more than the fact that they know the gig is up and their fatcat days of being Perfumed Princes are no more.  So howzabout you shut your trap and let us warriors decide what this speech meant?  Good day, sir.
2:36 PM · Sep 30, 2025