According to “Washington Post”, which gave this information first, The meeting is to take place next week in the base of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia, near Washington. All commanders were to be invited to the meeting in the rank of a brigade general (or his counterpart in the Navy) or higher, also those stationed in Europe, in the Middle East and in the Indo-Pacific region.
According to the newspaper, the minister did not give the reason for the convening of commanders and invited generals do not know about it. The spokesman for the Pentagon Sean Parnell only confirmed that “the Minister of War would turn to the high -ranking military commanders in the first half of next week.”
Unprecedented meeting
According to the journal and the Reuters agency, the sudden and probably unprecedented meeting of the highest -ranking commanders caused anxiety in the army, as well as concerns about security matters.
– People are very concerned. They have no idea what it means – said one of the interlocutors in an interview with “WP”.
– Gofo (generals and older officers – PAP) is not called, who command their people and global forces, to the auditorium at DC (Washington – PAP), not to say why, why, what is the topic or action plan – added another interlocutor.
The newspaper pointed out that the meeting will take place against the background of deep changes introduced in the defense ministry by HegeSetha, including plans regarding the reduction of the number of generals by 20 percent. and dismissals of many commanders, e.g. the head of the DIA Military Intelligence Agency.
Some sources of “WP” said that they expect that the meeting of the new national defense strategy, prepared by the Pentagon, would be discussed at the meeting. In the new document, the defense of the country's territory is to be considered as priority, and not – as in recent years – stopping China and competition with Beijing.
