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Hegseth orders hundreds of military commanders to Virginia for unprecedented meeting
Fox News ^ | 9/25/2025 | Morgan Phillips, Jennifer Griffin

Posted on 09/25/2025 9:21:57 AM PDT by VanShuyten

… Multiple War Department officials confirmed to Fox News that top military commanders had been asked to fly to Virginia for a meeting next week, though the topic of the discussion is unclear.

The lack of details surrounding the gathering has some fearing a looming purge. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously said he wants to cut 20% of senior generals and admirals.

The order, first reported by the Washington Post, applies to senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above or their Navy equivalent and their top enlisted advisers.

It comes as administration officials have been preparing for a new national defense strategy that makes homeland defense a top priority, where the strategy had long had a focus on pivoting to the Indo-Pacific.

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Pure speculation by Fox, but could be interesting anyway.
1 posted on 09/25/2025 9:21:57 AM PDT by VanShuyten
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To: VanShuyten

All of you will come to the meeting. Not all will return.


2 posted on 09/25/2025 9:23:10 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: VanShuyten; bitt; little jeremiah

bttt


3 posted on 09/25/2025 9:25:57 AM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: VanShuyten

Post #2
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4 posted on 09/25/2025 9:26:44 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: VanShuyten

Purge the crazy hard core Biden commanders from the military.
They don’t serve America’s interests.


5 posted on 09/25/2025 9:26:48 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: VanShuyten

Let’s assume any approving nods to Charlie Kirk being assassinated will not go down well.


6 posted on 09/25/2025 9:27:19 AM PDT by xp38
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To: VanShuyten

My guess: Hegseth is going to do a major reorganization of the US military. Lots of generals and admirals will be told they will lose their positions. That will lead to retirements or and/reduction in ranks.

653 generals and admirals are too many.


7 posted on 09/25/2025 9:32:30 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: shelterguy

I hope there is a purge. for 12 of the last 16 years the Dems had control of the military. They used that time to get rid of patriots and stuffed the upper ranks with rat Nancy Boys.


8 posted on 09/25/2025 9:32:46 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: VanShuyten

Is it really a smart move to assemble our entire military leadership into one place?


9 posted on 09/25/2025 9:33:38 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: thinden

Thank you, very interesting!


10 posted on 09/25/2025 9:35:50 AM PDT by little jeremiah (SCARE: Social Chaos And Response Emergency)
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To: Steven Scharf
"Is it really a smart move to assemble our entire military leadership into one place?"

Exactly my thought... security better be at an all-time high.

11 posted on 09/25/2025 9:36:00 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: VanShuyten

I’ve had that done to me in civvie world. The company asked all of us to a single meeting place and then we were handed envelops. Big envelopes had all of your paperwork for termination along with the severance pay plan and the small regular envelopes pretty much said, “Get up. Walk out. Get back to work.”


12 posted on 09/25/2025 9:36:33 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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"653 generals and admirals are too many."

A lot of those billets are glorified project managers and probably be better serviced by senior warrant or field grade officers.

13 posted on 09/25/2025 9:36:42 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Steven Scharf

I doubt if these being assembled are our best and brightest, hence the need for Hegs to shitcan many.


14 posted on 09/25/2025 9:37:43 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: VanShuyten

i’m not following his signal group anymore


15 posted on 09/25/2025 9:38:12 AM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: Steven Scharf

Is it smart to announce it?


16 posted on 09/25/2025 9:38:38 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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War Secretary? Was the name change made official????


17 posted on 09/25/2025 9:38:58 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Mathews
Warning signs of a reduction in force

1. Security guards issued shotguns

2..Pallet load of box cartons arrive

3..Employees attend box assembly class.

18 posted on 09/25/2025 9:43:16 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

It wasn’t announced. It was leaked to the Washington Post.


19 posted on 09/25/2025 9:44:10 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: Gay State Conservative

A news item a week or so ago showed the change being made to his office door. That’s fairly “official”


20 posted on 09/25/2025 9:44:52 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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