President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth plan to address hundreds of US military officials in person Tuesday after the Pentagon suddenly asked top commanders from around the world to convene at a base in Virginia without publicly revealing the reason.
The gathering at the Marine Corps base in Quantico near Washington has fuelled intense speculation about the purpose and value of summoning such a large number of generals and admirals to one place, with many stationed in more than a dozen countries that include conflict zones in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Meetings between top military brass and civilian leaders are nothing new.
But experts say the scale of the gathering, the haste with which it was called and the mystery surrounding it are particularly unusual.
The notion that the secretary is going to talk to the generals and give them his vision for running the department and maybe also for strategy and organisation that’s perfectly reasonable, said Mark …​President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth plan to address hundreds of US military officials in person Tuesday after the Pentagon suddenly asked top commanders from around the world to convene at a base in Virginia without publicly revealing the reason.
The gathering at the Marine Corps base in Quantico near Washington has fuelled intense speculation about the purpose and value of summoning such a large number of generals and admirals to one place, with many stationed in more than a dozen countries that include conflict zones in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Meetings between top military brass and civilian leaders are nothing new.
But experts say the scale of the gathering, the haste with which it was called and the mystery surrounding it are particularly unusual.
The notion that the secretary is going to talk to the generals and give them his vision for running the department and maybe also for strategy and organisation that’s perfectly reasonable, said Mark … ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
