The gathering of the United States’ highest ranking generals and admirals at U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Sept. 30 was the “most bizarre thing I’ve seen in my time on Earth,” said ...

“They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest.” — President Franklin Roosevelt. George Washington’s farewell to his officers. Dwight Eisenhower’s message to his troops the eve ...

Readers respond to a guest essay that put Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech in a more favorable light. To the Editor: Re “Don’t Be So Quick to Dismiss That Hegseth Speech,” by Christopher ...

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks to senior military ...

Re “Trump’s unusual call to military chiefs,” Page A2, Oct. 1: In a dazzling display of the Dunning-Kruger effect, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a former major in the Army National Guard who ...

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) on Thursday said President Trump was “incoherent” when he spoke to the country’s top generals and admirals at a meeting in Quantico, Va., earlier in the week. “Apparently, ...

The government shutdown is …taking over the political conversation…But I urge everyone not to overlook the dangerous speech Donald Trump (and Pete Hegseth) gave yesterday in front of members of the ...

The Marine Corps’ famed Basic School is evolving. Under Trump, recruits face new orders that blur the line between overseas warfare and domestic operations. Monocle visits the base to observe. A good ...

For the last week, defense circles have been abuzz with discussions about the unprecedented meeting of U.S. generals and admirals at Quantico on September 30. The televised event featured Secretary of ...

Donald Trump has admitted to struggling to descend stairs after mocking Joe Biden's mobility issues. Trump bizarrely joked about falling down stairs being a top risk as president while addressing a ...