Former Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling called the gathering “somewhat shocking” and “filled with mistruths,” and suspected “it’s not being taken well” by the troops.

The decision, first reported by The Washington Post, exacerbates existing security concerns over gathering hundreds of senior military officers in Quantico.

Tuesday’s meeting at a Marine Corps base appears to be without precedent, and a lack of explanation for it has led to speculation and fear.

Top military officials gather at Quantico base for mysterious meeting, sparking speculation and intrigue in Washington.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the country's military elite new reforms would weed political correctness from the U.S. armed forces.

Donald Trump is addressing an extraordinary gathering of hundreds of US generals and admirals who were summoned from around the world.

President and defense chief delivered pair of incendiary speeches to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admirals

The defense secretary railed against fat service members and hot yoga, while the president delivered his usual rambling nonsense.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke before a gathering of top military brass in Quantico, Va., from around the world Tuesday.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth held an expensive military meeting-that-could-have-been-an-email hours before the government is likely to shutdown.

Former Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling called the gathering “somewhat shocking” and “filled with mistruths,” and suspected “it’s not being taken well” by the troops.

Hegseth launched into a vulgar tirade against service members who don’t fit his specific vision of who should represent the U.S.

Defense secretary’s speech touching on physical fitness and doctrine of lethality was seen as ‘egotistical’ and ‘dangerous’

Harold Ford Jr. said he wasn't convinced about one thing regarding the Trump defense secretary's address.

The Trump administration evidently seeks to transform the US military into a partisan tool of the president’s regime

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Trump und Hegseth bringen die Streitkräfte auf Kurs. Bedenklich, sagt Reinhard Krumm von der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Washington.

President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on show