Overview

• Tuesday’s event at Marine Corps Base Quantico will bring hundreds of generals and admirals summoned on short notice by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
• A White House official described the meeting as a demonstration of how the military now looks under the president.
• Planning calls for Hegseth to outline a reimagined Pentagon, referred to internally as a “Department of War,” with new readiness, fitness and appearance standards.
• Sources said no major national-security announcement is planned, as officers question multimillion-dollar travel costs and the need for in-person attendance given a planned live broadcast of remarks.
• The convocation comes after Trump ordered new domestic deployments, including sending forces to Portland, with National Guard patrols continuing in Washington, D.C., and a smaller deployment expected in Memphis.