The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Even top generals and their staffs don't know the reason for the meeting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military's generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after the Trump administration'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.
It was issued earlier this week, against the backdrop of a potential
government shutdown, and as Hegseth's overtly political moves have deepened a sense of distress among his opponents who fear that he is erasing the Defense Department's status as a nonpartisan institution.
In a statement Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell affirmed that Hegseth "will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week," but he offered no additional details. Parnell, a senior adviser to the defense secretary, voiced no security concerns about
The Washington Post reporting on the meeting,
scheduled for Tuesday in Quantico, Virginia.
It was not clear whether President Donald Trump will attend the meeting or if Hegseth had given the president advance notice of his plans. He told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon that he will go "if they want me."
Despite the meeting's size and secrecy, both Trump and Vice President JD Vance downplayed its significance, with Trump asking, "Why is that such a big deal?" Vance, appearing alongside Trump, said it is "not particularly unusual" that generals are speaking with Hegseth.
"I think it's odd that you guys have made it into such a big story," he said.
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