Pentagon pizza party

[UltraBudgie]

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

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. 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.

There are about 800 generals and admirals spread across the United States and 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 and their top enlisted advisers. Typically, each of these officers oversees hundreds or thousands of rank-and-file troops.

Top commanders in conflict zones and senior military leaders stationed throughout Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific 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.

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

Each commander typically travels with his senior enlisted adviser and a few lower-ranking military aides, meaning the total group of people traveling for the summit could seemingly exceed 1,000. It’s unclear how the military will house them or transport them.

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

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...o-meeting/

Any speculation or inside information? Maybe Venezuela or Argentina? Or are we finally going to get tribunals? Pay cut or layoffs? Russia or Greenland? Illegals or Antifa? Nothing ever happens?

[Zaphod58]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...o-meeting/

Any speculation or inside information? Maybe Venezuela or Argentina? Or are we finally going to get tribunals? Pay cut or layoffs? Russia or Greenland? Illegals or Antifa? Nothing ever happens?

You don't summon hundreds of generals and admirals, including the 11 MAJCOM CINCs to discuss invading somewhere or tribunals.

[Halfswede]

It may just be as simple as, "Here is the current military philosophy going forward.  Get on board. If you don't we can make it easy for you to leave."  Whatever that is (no trans nonsense, standard fitness for men and women, unified approach to dissenters, etc., who knows)  Sometimes getting everyone together gets the message across more clearly.

It might even just be to shake everyone's hand and try to get them to respect you.  Or he could fire them all.  Time to bingo card this one.

[argentus]

This is bloody serious.   There is nothing that I've been able to find on the 'net that supports or refutes these claims.   It resonates to me as real and really, reallllllly serious.   This is one of those times I hope to be very wrong.

[rickymouse]

It is probably just a warning to Putin that we are considering getting involved in the war if he does not start negotiating peace.  I am sure that the Russians already know this event is happening because they constantly monitor our mmedia and also social media.

It is most likely just a warning, and I am sure that there will be talk at it about involvement of our military if Europe gets us dragged into a war.

Then again, they just might have the date of the Rapture wrong. 

Or of course, maybe Trump just wants to have a party with all the generals.  I bet they have McDonalds there and maybe some KFC for the Air Force generals.  You all do realize that the only reason Trump likes McDonalds is because his name is Donald.

[Maxmars]

At least one reason for the gathering has to do with intelligence.... but not information, per se...

Another might be the opportunity to "leak" and dissimulate...

... the after parties would make Diddy proud.

These kinds of gatherings are an anachronism otherwise...

Unless of course, they are getting a pep-talk and marching orders from Alien Bob's former associates.

[Zaphod58]

What do you think might be the reason?

If we're really really lucky, it's to fire a big chunk of them, and get them out. The flag ranks are so bloated it's not even funny. The fact that they're talking about two HUNDRED flag officers being involved should be a good clue at how bloated their ranks have become.

[RazorV66]

Maybe there is an imminent alien invasion danger?

 

[IAMTAT]

This likely has to do with Russia...and it's drone/aircraft incursions into NATO countries.

[Halfswede]

It is probably just a warning to Putin that we are considering getting involved in the war if he does not start negotiating peace.  I am sure that the Russians already know this event is happening because they constantly monitor our mmedia and also social media.

It is most likely just a warning, and I am sure that there will be talk at it about involvement of our military if Europe gets us dragged into a war.
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You may be on to something. It could be nothing more than a ruse or diversion to make the big players stop and think that something big is going on, while not actually doing much.  At the same time, it might be used as a honeytrap to catch any kind of efforts to listen in or hang around town watching too closely.