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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is causing headaches after demanding that top U.S. military officials descend on Virginia from around the world for a meeting.
Hegseth, who wants to go by his preferred moniker secretary of war, has called for hundreds of generals and admirals to attend, even though he has not specified the meetings purpose and scheduled it at extremely short notice, according to The Washington Post.
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People are very concerned. They have no idea what it means, one person familiar with the matter told the Post.
You dont call GOFOs [General Officers/Flag Officers] leading their people and the global force into an auditorium outside D.C. and not tell them why/what the topic or agenda is, another unnamed source added.
"The Post suggested that the meeting, which comes just ahead of a looming government shutdown, could touch on plans to shift homeland defense to the nations top priority, replacing a years-long suggestions that China poses the greatest national security risk to the U.S."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth-ignites-new-pentagon-chaos-with-secret-meeting-order/
Perhaps we should be concerned?

rampartd
(2,479 posts)IA8IT
(6,273 posts)underpants
(193,234 posts)Played it on state tv and passed around thousands of VHS tapes of it.
rampartd
(2,479 posts)meanwhile his people are knifing each other
tanyev
(47,894 posts)😟
CincyDem
(7,236 posts)rampartd
(2,479 posts)they will be neutralized.
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,838 posts)Lovie777
(20,475 posts)in2herbs
(3,920 posts)declares martial law to "quell" the anger of Americans he already has his military replacements in place.
usonian
(20,862 posts)
And, being away from their stations, leave subordinates to defend against
"The Enemy Pu-Tin"
spanone
(140,273 posts)UTUSN
(75,821 posts)Totally Tunsie
(11,268 posts)And, if it's called by the party in power, who are they overthrowing? You talking Hogsbreath overthrowing Chump?
orangecrush
(26,817 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(4,149 posts)when he named disloyal Baath party members, asked them to stand, and then had them escorted away to oblivion.
Irish_Dem
(75,383 posts)You don't need to bring everyone in for a in person meeting to announce
policy changes.
TommyT139
(1,945 posts)...one of the fed depts where staffers are going under the lie detector?
That and a loyalty oath would make short work.
This reminds me of when companies want to do mass layoffs, they call an off-site meeting to deliver the news. Then if they are allowed to return to their cubes, they're given a cardboard box, and ten supervised minutes to gather belongings.
Irish_Dem
(75,383 posts)Yes generals and admirals fly in from all over the world.
If they don't take the oath, pass the lie detector test, their offices
will be vacated and they will not return to them.
It is possible while they are in DC with Hegseth, their offices, computers,
etc will be searched.
I hope they all cleaned out everything before they left.
TommyT139
(1,945 posts)...where the former employees were stranded away from home on work-related trips, and had to find their own way home.
Kinda tough to do that if your residence had been on a base in a far-away country.
A particularly chilling detail is that it's anyone with even one star. Who's left minding the fort? (Anyone seen "Big Balls" lately?)
Irish_Dem
(75,383 posts)A black female officer?
Maybe I am totally misremembering this.
And yes, there is no one minding the store.
Second string is in charge with no official power to make any decisions.
If an enemy strikes now it is very bad.
johnnyfins
(2,960 posts)This movie only gets worse, y'all. Stay safe.
Alpeduez21
(1,965 posts)orangecrush
(26,817 posts)Removing all that brass from posts around the world.
Who knows what Trump and Hegseth are trying to pull.
Alpeduez21
(1,965 posts)lostnfound
(17,207 posts)Or maybe just getting ready for their big Christian war in the Mideast, whatever thats called.
Liberal In Texas
(15,645 posts)The Orange Idiot wants to make sure when he tries to install himself as a full-blown dictator there won't be any military trying to remove him from power. He knows full-well what happened in Brazil and South Korea.
moondust
(21,057 posts)Monday:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220666165

Attention hound wants to show everybody that he's the BIG BAD BOSS? (Claire McCaskill just suggested that it's performative and General Hertling seemed to agree.)

ETA: I'm sure he has secure communications with all of them so why waste all the time and money and security making them all gather in one place?
orangecrush
(26,817 posts)drray23
(8,434 posts)He would not need to call the generals and admirals in Europe or Asia for example, only the central command in charge of this part of the world.
I think its more ominous. They are staging a coup and want to assess who is loyal and who is not.
MerryBlooms
(12,012 posts)Skittles
(167,717 posts)all those accomplished people being assembled by that freaking assclown
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,358 posts)Protect from enemies foreign and domestic. UPHOLD the CONSTITUTION!
MrWowWow
(1,377 posts)SamuelTheThird
(288 posts)BigmanPigman
(53,835 posts)...sort of based on the film Some Like It Hot....
tRump will be the guest of honor and he will think that this show of power is a belated, beautiful birthday surprise to make up for the failed June 14th B-Day military parade with a few squeaky tanks.
The band plays "Hail To The Chief" and they all yell, "Surprise!". That's when they really surprise him...bye bye Donny.
doc03
(38,435 posts)intent to attack whoever he claims are the left wing lunatics since Kirk's death. Maybe he will use the
government shutdown as the reason.
Bmoboy
(539 posts)It's a basic military tactic.
The question is for what purpose.
Insurrection Act
Posse Comitatus
Treason
...
Swede
(37,410 posts)Oh wait, never mind.
Totally Tunsie
(11,268 posts)It could be a crapshoot to determine who gets to Quantico first: His hundreds of generals and military personnel vs. Hurricane Imelda. It's still early, but tonight's local Charleston, SC, forecasts are prepping Charleston for a possible Imelda visit on Monday or Tuesday. Depending on direction and velocity, Charleston to Quantico won't be a major gap to cover. Is that the plan? Invite them all to Quantico to be wiped out by a natural disaster?
I've always contended that God is a Democrat.
Takket
(23,253 posts)1. He intends to decapitate the entire military leadership and replace them all with MAGA loyalists similar to DOJ.
2. He plans on reassigning them to domestic roll in a continued effort to turn the military against the American people.
3. A massive foreign invasion is planned. Possible to a place like Venezuela.
4. He wants to show them his tattoos.
Sure 4 is kind of sarcastic but when you have an idiot like this running the military something like this is also a possibility.
milestogo
(21,879 posts)Kill the Democrats.
haele
(14,633 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:41 AM - Edit history (1)
Remember, *rump and Hegseth have both complained there's too many stars in the military..."We won WWII with only a dozen or so Generals and Admirals according to the History Channel!"
Hegseth thinks he only needs 100 loyal flag officers to control his "Department of War"; he knows he can't control 800.
On edit. The Project 2025 plan for the military is to "strengthen it" through privatization, "just in time" contracted logistics - and conscripted forces. Like third world countries do.
The "Professional Military" will be run like a more heavily armed mercenary policing force that will eventually use AI, unmanned platforms, and specialized combat forces to enforce Nationalist Hegomony.
Because to enforce an Authoritarian regime, the amount of people that have autonomy and privilege needs to be small...
Hotler
(13,443 posts)and for attacks against the constitution. Then stand up to the orange convict and take back our country. Show some gumption. Show some profiles in courage.
orangecrush
(26,817 posts)But it might put some wheels in motion in Congress, even among Republicans.
Arazi
(8,393 posts)Thats just a fantasy thinking theyre going to remember their oaths.
Theyre 100% all in on the fascist takeover