Sean Parnell said Hegseth "will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week."

Sean Parnell said Hegseth "will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered a meeting with top military leaders from around the world to gather on short notice. The meeting is slated to take place at Quantico in Virginia next Tuesday, per the Washington Post. 

A meeting of the officials was confirmed by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, who said Hegseth "will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week," but did not address additional details, the outlet reported. 

Military members from around the world have been ordered to attend the meeting, the outlet reported. The order also comes as Hegseth has been looking to overhaul the operations of the Pentagon in order to align with President Donald Trump's policies and to bring back the historic name of the Department of Defense, which was named the Department of War up until 1947. 

The outlet reported that Trump administration officials have been preparing a strategy that will make homeland defense a top priority after China has been identified as one of the country's top security concerns. Hegseth’s order for the meeting applies to those senior officers who are at the rank of brigadier general and above or their equivalent in the Navy.  

The meeting from Hegseth also comes just days after President Donald Trump on Truth Social posted about Ukraine being in a position to win back all territory in the war against Russia. Trump, however, did not say that there would be direct US involvement in the war, and suggested there would only be EU support and financial support from NATO. 

"After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form. With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option. Why not? Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win." Trump said.