Something's up! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered all top U.S. military commanders, worldwide, to convene at Quantico Marine Corps Base next week for a no-notice meeting with no published agenda. To call this unprecedented might be an understatement. The order covers about 800 general officers and admirals, and each of the attendees is directed to bring their senior enlisted adviser with them; “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.”
If the meeting is unprecedented, then so, too, is the bellyaching.
- “People are very concerned. They have no idea what it means,” one person said.
- “It will make the commands just diminished if something pops up,” a defense official said.
- Another person said ordering hundreds of military leaders to appear in the same location is “not how this is done.”
- “You don’t call GOFOs leading their people and the global force into an auditorium outside D.C. and not tell them why/what the topic or agenda is,” this person added, using an abbreviation for general officer or flag officer.
- “Are we taking every general and flag officer out of the Pacific right now?” one U.S. official said. “All of it is weird.”
There could be any number of purposes for the meeting, but the fact that no agenda has been announced and the senior noncommissioned officer from each command headed by a GOFO has been directed to attend indicates that personnel issues will be one subject under discussion. The lack of an agenda also suggests that something sensitive will be discussed, and Hegseth doesn't want to confront a unified GOFO position, but instead may be seeking ideas.
A dark comedy turn would be a lot like Tommy's demise in Goodfellas.
Hegseth has made no secret of his desire to trim the GOFO ranks by 20%. What better way to do that than at a major conference, set up like a Red Cross blood bank, where names are called off a roster and those selected are escorted from the room, under guard, to sign their retirement package?As I've pointed out, the Charlie Kirk assassination shows the military does have an extremism problem. Only it's not good ol' boys with their F-150 truck with a rifle rack and Confederate States of America battle flag in the back window. It is the trans/furry/green-haired/DEI-engorged part of the military that is profoundly dangerous.
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It is also very likely that Hegseth will want to discuss the epidemic of non-compliance and malicious compliance wreaking havoc on the policies Hegseth and his team are attempting to put into place. For instance, trans members of the military are still being promoted even though they have been ordered discharged.
This is a MUST READ.
— Jordan Karr (@JordanLkarr) September 25, 2025
You read that right. A trans military member was selected for promotion- AFTER they were supposed to be discharged from the military. This was published 2 days ago.
More malicious compliance. @SecWar @libsoftiktok @DOWResponse https://t.co/XLTNwcZQBS pic.twitter.com/tVXBOfh7ta
As far as I can tell, a single member of the Armed Forces has been reinstated after being forced out due to their refusal to get the COVID vaccine. DEI training on insider threats continues despite Hegseth's order banning such nonsense.
“On Sept. 9, DEI instructor Brian Van Bruntand colleagues were hired by U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters at the Pentagon to conduct training on the perceived risks of incel (involuntary celibacy) violence.”
— Shoe (@samosaur) September 22, 2025
Incel violence? What?https://t.co/TrrBs59yOq pic.twitter.com/qJkqPpCQyh
The Judge Advocate General Corps, the stronghold of everything leftist in all services, survived an early decapitation attack and roared back more woke and more disloyal and vindictive than ever. They openly discuss how to circumvent Department of War directives and frequently refer to their commanders who are following lawful orders from the Secretary of War as "nazis" and "war criminals."
What are these JAG affinity groups?https://t.co/BTKq6hnuUQ
— Shoe (@samosaur) September 21, 2025
What we can be sure of is that this is not a meet-and-greet. Hegseth has a message he wants to convey to all commanders and their senior noncommissioned officers, and he wants them to hear it directly from him.
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