This order includes all senior enlisted staff of the Officers as well. With every Officer expected to attend regardless of current duty assignment and location. The only exceptions exempt from the orders are those Officers currently on staff assignments.
Some speculation it’s related to the long awaited reorganization of the senior command staff. But no direct confirmation.
Edit: I’m also not completely sure how to flair this and what it would be classified as. So I flaired it as Discussion
I sought reasons why and found this to be the most interesting take besides "WE'RE GOING TO WAR!"
RE: Hegseth's Senior Flag Officer Meeting
Many people have been asking me what I think this meeting is all about that SecWar just called with his senior generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia. The meeting is currently shrouded in mystery.
So what do I think?
First of all, I have zero inside knowledge on this, so I can only guess what this is all about.
So my guess is that he will get all of them in a large conference hall at the Marine base on Quantico with stale coffee and day-old Krispy Kreme donuts in the back of the room. The flag officers will be arrayed in rows of uncomfortable chairs, whispering with each other, trying to figure out why they were there. A senior NCO will walk in, call the room to attention, and then SecWar will come in, stand behind a podium with the new SecWar crest, and he will say the following:
"Take your seats please.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am here today to personally convey to you a message of the utmost importance for the national defense of the United States of America.
On November 5, 2024, the American people elected Donald Trump as their President. This election was won via the time-honored electoral traditions of the Constitution of the United States of America. The American people elected their President to accomplish a very specific and well understood agenda of reform across our federal government. That agenda--the one that the American electorate chose via their constitutional powers as voting citizens--included radical reform to what was then known as the Department of Defense.
President Trump was elected with the mandate to reform our warfighting capabilities. He appointed me to fulfill that mandate. The constitutional mandate of the American people was and is to restore the Department of War to the world's premier military force. Our mandate was and is to strip out all social experimentation from the department, including racist, bigoted policies such as DEI. Our mandate was and is to eliminate fiefdoms that did not contribute to warfighting. Our mandate was and is to reform the acquisition process radically so as to ensure our troops are equipped with state of the art, lethal weaponry that is effective, maintainable and available for combat. Our mandate was and is to make our troops once again look like warfighters. Our mandate was and is to re-establish pride in rusty ships and inoperative vehicles and aircraft. Our mandate was and is to focus solely on closing with and destroying our nation's enemies. Our mandate was and is to ignore politics and focus on lethality.
It's that last bit of the mandate I am here to talk to you about.
Your oath is to the Constitution. I just explained to you how our collective mandates are constitutional and essential to satisfy the will of the America people.
Some of you have decided to violate that oath. You see yourselves as "politicians," somehow on an equal footing--or even a superior footing--to the elected leaders of this nation.
If that is you, you are wrong. Deeply wrong. If you "resist" the mandate of the American people, you violate your oath. If you work back-channel deals with the press or Congress to do anything other than what I have tasked you to do, you violate your oaths.
Privates understand the chain of command. Some of you do not. If that is you--if you see yourself as somehow wiser or superior to your constitutionally-elected leaders and their lawful orders--you need to start thinking like privates.
I know many of you intuitively understand and agree with what I am saying. I also know some of you do not.
I therefore give all of you the following lawful order: when you receive a lawful order from your higher headquarters, and if you disagree with that order, you WILL voice your disagreement. That is expected. However, if your disagreement is noted and disregarded, you WILL adopt that order as your own, and execute as vigorously as you would an order you originally issued yourself.
Further, you will ensure that all of your subordinates adopt the exact same philosophy.
If you cannot do this, I will be in room 101 down the hall. Form an orderly line outside in the hallway, and I will invite you in one by one to tender your resignation.
AM I CLEAR???
[RESPONSE: "YES SIR," but with a handful who do not respond.]
That is all."
The senior NCO will again call the room to attention as SecWar leaves.
This is for the shutdown. The ten days of darkness. I suspect they are heading to a bunker right after that meeting. Comms blackout in that period would necessitate central command.
This order includes all senior enlisted staff of the Officers as well. With every Officer expected to attend regardless of current duty assignment and location. The only exceptions exempt from the orders are those Officers currently on staff assignments.
Some speculation it’s related to the long awaited reorganization of the senior command staff. But no direct confirmation.
Edit: I’m also not completely sure how to flair this and what it would be classified as. So I flaired it as Discussion
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1971288406572359697
I sought reasons why and found this to be the most interesting take besides "WE'RE GOING TO WAR!"
RE: Hegseth's Senior Flag Officer Meeting
Many people have been asking me what I think this meeting is all about that SecWar just called with his senior generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia. The meeting is currently shrouded in mystery.
So what do I think?
First of all, I have zero inside knowledge on this, so I can only guess what this is all about.
So my guess is that he will get all of them in a large conference hall at the Marine base on Quantico with stale coffee and day-old Krispy Kreme donuts in the back of the room. The flag officers will be arrayed in rows of uncomfortable chairs, whispering with each other, trying to figure out why they were there. A senior NCO will walk in, call the room to attention, and then SecWar will come in, stand behind a podium with the new SecWar crest, and he will say the following:
"Take your seats please.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am here today to personally convey to you a message of the utmost importance for the national defense of the United States of America.
On November 5, 2024, the American people elected Donald Trump as their President. This election was won via the time-honored electoral traditions of the Constitution of the United States of America. The American people elected their President to accomplish a very specific and well understood agenda of reform across our federal government. That agenda--the one that the American electorate chose via their constitutional powers as voting citizens--included radical reform to what was then known as the Department of Defense.
President Trump was elected with the mandate to reform our warfighting capabilities. He appointed me to fulfill that mandate. The constitutional mandate of the American people was and is to restore the Department of War to the world's premier military force. Our mandate was and is to strip out all social experimentation from the department, including racist, bigoted policies such as DEI. Our mandate was and is to eliminate fiefdoms that did not contribute to warfighting. Our mandate was and is to reform the acquisition process radically so as to ensure our troops are equipped with state of the art, lethal weaponry that is effective, maintainable and available for combat. Our mandate was and is to make our troops once again look like warfighters. Our mandate was and is to re-establish pride in rusty ships and inoperative vehicles and aircraft. Our mandate was and is to focus solely on closing with and destroying our nation's enemies. Our mandate was and is to ignore politics and focus on lethality.
It's that last bit of the mandate I am here to talk to you about.
Your oath is to the Constitution. I just explained to you how our collective mandates are constitutional and essential to satisfy the will of the America people.
Some of you have decided to violate that oath. You see yourselves as "politicians," somehow on an equal footing--or even a superior footing--to the elected leaders of this nation.
If that is you, you are wrong. Deeply wrong. If you "resist" the mandate of the American people, you violate your oath. If you work back-channel deals with the press or Congress to do anything other than what I have tasked you to do, you violate your oaths.
Privates understand the chain of command. Some of you do not. If that is you--if you see yourself as somehow wiser or superior to your constitutionally-elected leaders and their lawful orders--you need to start thinking like privates.
I know many of you intuitively understand and agree with what I am saying. I also know some of you do not.
I therefore give all of you the following lawful order: when you receive a lawful order from your higher headquarters, and if you disagree with that order, you WILL voice your disagreement. That is expected. However, if your disagreement is noted and disregarded, you WILL adopt that order as your own, and execute as vigorously as you would an order you originally issued yourself.
Further, you will ensure that all of your subordinates adopt the exact same philosophy.
If you cannot do this, I will be in room 101 down the hall. Form an orderly line outside in the hallway, and I will invite you in one by one to tender your resignation.
AM I CLEAR???
[RESPONSE: "YES SIR," but with a handful who do not respond.]
That is all."
The senior NCO will again call the room to attention as SecWar leaves.
This is for the shutdown. The ten days of darkness. I suspect they are heading to a bunker right after that meeting. Comms blackout in that period would necessitate central command.
Help me understand this. Why would they head to a bunker? Why is it urgent? More details, please.
u/#q365 u/#q282 u/#q521
When?? During the shutdown!! Time for the scare event leading into red october. The sum of all fears Europe version.
What do you think the scare event will be?
Something scary enough to make all the congress go to a bunker as well. Where they will be arrested.
Hopium.
u/#cmon
I won't be able to turn over in bed, I'm chubbin at the thought! 😁
I like the post about alien invasion under “sky event”
I always thought that was the “meeting” at sky harbor airport.
Thanks.
Sounds Plausible...Long Journey for some, just for a Meeting.
Let is hope the Osama fag purge is finally starting.
100% fren. Black Jesus was the beginning of the ruination of our Armed Forces in the past 20 years.
Cleanup in aisle 10.
Remember remember, how Obama purged the flag ranks.
Deputy FBI director also sent this today. https://x.com/dbongino/status/1971180689241538595
Maybe he's firing a bunch of embedded Leftards and wants to insure the remaining officers are paying attention.
Or weren't suspicious of being called in since everyone is
Why broadcast it? My spidey sense is tingling.
2nd source: https://www.kabc.com/2025/09/25/hegseth-orders-rare-urgent-meeting-of-us-generals-admirals/