"Okay, no one loves them, but when I worked for the Department of Defense, they weren't that onerous a requirement, especially because I was merely an academic who could play Scrabble on my phone while some visiting admiral talked about ... well, honestly, I don't remember what they talked about. (We had a lot of those meetings.) I was not, however, a senior officer in charge of a major command, with responsibility for thousands of people and millions of dollars of weaponry."
"But Secretary of Defense/War/Lethality Pete Hegseth isn't going to use that technology. Instead, he recently decided that some 800 generals and admirals needed to come, in person, from every corner of the planet to a Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, reportedly to listen to their boss, a former TV host, lecture them on the "warrior ethos"-and, for some reason, personal grooming. The Tuesday meeting will feature not only Hegseth but also a last-minute addition: the commander in chief himself."
The Department of Defense maintains advanced, expensive teleconferencing equipment to avoid moving senior personnel around the world. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered roughly 800 generals and admirals to convene in person at a Marine base in Quantico, Virginia. The gathering is reportedly intended to address the 'warrior ethos' and personal grooming and will include a last-minute appearance by the president. Concentrating so many senior leaders in one location imposes significant security risks and removes them from their operational responsibilities. The assembly represents a disruptive use of time and resources when remote conferencing could suffice.
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