Speculation has run wild over the past week, ever since War Secretary announced an unprecedented, mandatory, and in-person meeting of almost all of the U.S. military’s “GOFOs” — Pentagon speak for general and flag officers — at the U.S. Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, just south of Washington D.C.

The highly unusual gathering, and the fact that the participants have been kept in the dark about what it’s all about, have sparked numerous rumors, from Hegseth announcing a radical restructuring of the combatant commands to fears that senior officers will have to sign a loyalty pledge.

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