At subsequent week’s uncommon gathering of a number of hundred senior U.S. generals and admirals, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth will ship his message of restoring the “warrior ethos” to the U.S. army and current new requirements towards that aim, in response to 5 U.S. officers.
Most of the senior army officers will come to the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, from all around the United States and from around the globe to listen to Hegseth in an occasion that might final simply half-hour, in response to two officers.
ABC Information has beforehand reported that solely officers in command positions and never employees positions are being summoned to the gathering and that they may even be joined by the senior enlisted adviser in that unit.
5 U.S. officers informed ABC Information that the uncommon gathering will enable Hegseth to personally inform the officers concerning the warrior ethos he envisions for the U.S. army and the trail ahead.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks throughout a ceremony on the Pentagon to commemorate the 24rd anniversary of the 9/11 assaults, Sept. 11, 2025.
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That may even embody a dialogue of latest requirements related to the right way to obtain that aim and the way the U.S. army will conduct itself.
Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson declined to remark to ABC Information about what Hegseth deliberate to debate at Tuesday’s assembly.
Restoring the warrior ethos to the U.S. army is a message that Hegseth delivers commonly throughout his talking engagements within the U.S. and overseas.
Whereas it’s common for Hegseth and former protection secretaries to fulfill with generals and admirals throughout their travels or on the Pentagon, it’s unusually uncommon for thus many high-ranking officers to be gathered at one location to listen to from the protection secretary.
Total, there are 838 whole normal officers and admirals on energetic obligation — 446 of them are from the upper two-star, three-star and four-star ranks — in response to the Pentagon’s newest statistics from June, although it’s tough to establish a breakdown of what number of officers are in command positions versus employees positions.
A number of questions have been raised concerning the elevated safety necessities that will probably be wanted on the giant Marine base situated 35 miles south of Washington, D.C.
Questions have additionally been raised concerning the vital journey and lodging prices that might be related to transporting so many senior army officers and their senior enlisted advisers to Quantico, mentioned two U.S. officers.
Video of Tuesday’s assembly will probably be recorded by the Pentagon for future public distribution, in response to officers.
The invites that went out to officers in command positions earlier this week didn’t disclose a motive or matter as to why they had been being summoned to the gathering in Quantico.
Due to that, hypothesis amongst army officers had been rampant concerning the matter for the assembly and whether or not it was associated to his earlier announcement this yr of a 20% discount within the variety of officers of four-star rank.
Considerations had additionally been raised about his earlier elimination of 15 senior army officers from their posts, together with Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr. the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees, and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s prime admiral.
