The Daily Populous Friday September 26th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by latintimes.com and submitted by Murky-Site7468

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called hundreds of generals and admirals to Virginia next week, a highly uncommon move, if not unprecedented.

The Washington Post spoke to several people who couldn't recall such a development, with some saying it raises security concerns. "People are very concerned. They have no idea what it means," one person told the outlet.

Others expressed frustration about making generals travel from across the world to attend the meeting, saying they should at least be told what the meeting is about. "Are we taking every general and flag officer out of the Pacific right now?" one official said. "All of it is weird."

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Hegseth "will be addressing his senior military leaders" without providing more details. The outlet noted that there are some 800 generals and admirals in the U.S. and around the world. Those called are officers with the rank of brigadier general or above, or their Navy equivalent.

ocschwar on September 25th, 2025 at 17:28 UTC »

Putting all the nation's flag officers in one place and making this publicly known, at a time when the world at large is very much interested in cutting America down to size.

Brilliant move from the Department of War's Defense's DUI hire. [edit: Opetyr has a point]

TintedApostle on September 25th, 2025 at 17:27 UTC »

This is not normal.

Adventurous-Goal478 on September 25th, 2025 at 17:26 UTC »

Isn't it... unsafe...to call every single commander worldwide to one place at once? 😬