Trump and Hegseth to address the senior United States in the extraordinary military assembly

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump and Defense Minister Beit Higseth will address the American military copper, to attend an extraordinary event at a base near Washington, DC.

Hundreds of military leaders, including generals and Admiral, are expected to attend all over the world. It represents a rare gathering of many senior employees in one place.

No official reason was publicly presented when the leaders were called in a short notice last week, which prompted a wave of speculation. Vice President JD Vance sought to reduce the event.

Security is very narrow for the summit, which will be held at the QUANTICO naval base, a 55,000 acres in Virginia.

Behind the stage that Higseth and Trump were expected to speak a great American flag, as the signs of the phrase “power and service and America” ​​and the flags of various armed services show on both sides.

Confirming his presence on Sunday, Trump said that “it will be just a very nice meeting that talks about our military success, talking about being in good condition, and talking about a lot of good and positive things.”

President NBC News told that he would be an exercise in the generation of some “Esprit de Corps” – indicating that he saw an opportunity to motivate his forces.

In his previous comments, Vans accused the media of turning it into a “big story”, stressing that “it is not particularly unusual” to meet him in Higseth personally.

Some observers did not agree. “By saying:” by saying: “with regard to my 49 -year -old service, I have not seen that before.”

“It is a confusing thing why this is not actually done so that senior officers are not forced to spend a lot of time to travel,” said Mark Kansian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Mr. Cancer continued to speculate that Higseth poetry was that his points would have more strength if he was made personally.

During his term as a defense secretary, Higseth made a lot of need to instill the “spirit of warriors” in the American forces, and defended trademarks of his government department from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of War.

The exact number of expected attendees on Tuesday is unclear, but a total of more than 800, including officers derived from military facilities to Europe, South Korea and the Middle East.

Several officers arrived hours before the event, and they were sitting in the hall according to the service branch – the army, the marine legion, the navy, the air force and the space of the space, can be easily distinguished by the uniform.

Many of them wore the campaign medals that showed that they served in Afghanistan, Iraq or the broader American war on terrorism that was launched after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

In addition to the generals, the audience was consisting of senior recruited officers from various American units all over the world – which means that individuals working as a consultant for the main employees of their units.