“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,” the order states, according to one person who saw a copy. O-7 through O-10 refers to the military’s classification for all generals and admirals.

None of the people who spoke with The Post could recall a defense secretary ever ordering so many of the military’s generals and admirals to assemble like this. Several said it raised security concerns.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/25/hegseth-generals-quantico-meeting/

I love speculation in fiction; I hate it in reportage.

However, there are possibilities: will Donald Trump exact an oath of loyalty to himself from America’s admirals and generals?

Is Trump preparing for a civil war?

Or a war with Russia?

Whatever announcement, cause, or program Donald Trump has in mind, it’s certain to be adverse to America’s national security in the dimensions of force readiness — the senior leadership will be in Quantico (so The Washington Post reports) — and possibly force cohesion and trust if or as as the assembly of commanders suffers dismissals on the spot.

Being American: United States of America — Basic Training

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