Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed US military leaders to verify that every member of the department watched the ...

US military personnel have until the end of the month to either watch the speech or read the transcript of the defense ...

The unusual, hastily organized event became a forum for the president and his defense secretary to tout their partisan agenda.

During the speech last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lectured senior military officials on the "warrior ethos," ...

In his speech to military leaders several days ago at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, Donald Trump stated that the ...

During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” early Wednesday, Hertling called Trump’s speech “meandering” with “all sorts of ...

Pete Hegseth informed the leaders that new standards would apply to everyone, whether private or general, to begin to ...

On Sept. 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth convened a rare gathering of top U.S. military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, to speak to them about changes to the ...

Addressing military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia on Tuesday, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals from all over the world to attend a speech ...

Hegseth disparaged some generals as "fat." But more concerning was what he wants them to do for the president.

Social media posts claimed that an assembly of military leaders did not applaud the defense secretary and president during speeches in late September.