Overview

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth opened the Quantico meeting by saying officers who do not support the Trump administration’s agenda should step down.
• President Donald Trump traveled to the Marine Corps base for the event and said before departing that he would fire military leaders on the spot if he did not like them.
• Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed Hegseth would address the assembled commanders, but officials have not disclosed an agenda for the gathering.
• Reports describe hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals being called to the in‑person meeting, which outlets note is atypical in scale.
• The convocation follows sweeping leadership changes, including a Hegseth order to cut roughly 20% of four‑star billets and Trump’s February dismissal of Joint Chiefs leader Charles Brown, even as Vice President J.D. Vance downplayed the meeting’s significance.