Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S. military.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds of top commanders from around the world.

Secretary Hegseth revealed a "war-focused" military vision and calls for ending "woke culture" at a meeting in Quantico. Virginia leaders reacted.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called hundreds of Generals and Admirals from duty stations around the world, to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia to announce changes to the department. The historic nature of the gathering isn’t lost on those who served like retired Navy veteran David Paredes and retired Army veteran Augustine Flores.

These are among the array of theories outsiders have floated in their attempts to explain a mysterious mass gathering Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hastily ordered last week, summoning hundreds of top military commanders to Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30.

The Marine Corps’ famed Basic School is evolving. Under Trump, recruits face new orders that blur the line between

U S Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outlined the Trump administration s efforts to eliminate progressive ideology in the U S armed forces and defended standards based on merit during his address this

Trump and Hegseth were addressing an auditorium packed with several hundred of the nation’s most seasoned military commanders summoned last-minute from around the world.