Defense โขsecretary Pete Hegseth to Address Hundreds of Top Military Officers on โข’Warriorโ Ethos’ in Unprecedented Meeting
QUANTICO, VA – Defense Secretary Peteโข Hegseth is scheduled to convene a rare gathering ofโฃ hundreds of the U.S.โ military’s highest-ranking officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday, sources confirm toโข ABCโฃ News. The meeting will center on Hegseth’s focus on restoring the “warrior ethos” withinโฃ the armed โฃforces, โฃand will include a discussion of new standards associated with achieving that goal and how the U.S. โฃmilitary will conduct itself.
The unusual scale of the meeting – bringing together โa important portion ofโฃ the nation’s general and โขadmiral corps – has sparked speculation within the Pentagon. While meetings between defense secretaries and senior military leaders are commonplace, it is indeed exceptionally rare for soโ many high-ranking officers to โคbeโค assembled โฃin one location for aโ single address.
According โขto Pentagon statistics from June, there โare โ838 total general officers and admirals on active duty, with 446 holding the higher ranks of two-star, three-star, and four-star. The Pentagonโข will record video of Tuesday’s meetingโค for future public distribution.
Pentagon Press โSecretary Kingsley Wilson declined to comment on the specifics of โHegseth’s planned remarks. Hegseth regularly emphasizes the importance of the warriorโข ethosโ during speaking engagements both domestically and internationally.
The gathering has also raised questions regarding logistical considerations,โค including increased security requirementsโข at Quantico, located 35 miles south of Washington, D.C., andโ the significant travel and lodging costs associated with transporting so many senior โofficers and their senior โขenlisted advisors. โฃ
The invitations sent to officers in command positions โคearlier this week did not specify a topic orโ reason for the meeting, fueling speculation that it may be connected to Hegseth’s previously announced plan to reduce the number of four-star officersโข by 20%. Concerns have also been raised regarding Hegseth’s prior decisions toโ remove 15 โsenior military officers from their posts, including Gen. โCharles โฃ”CQ” Brown Jr., โformer chairman ofโฃ the Jointโ Chiefsโค of โคStaff, and โAdm. โLisa Franchetti, former Navy’s top admiral.