Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked a large number of general officers and admirals to gather next Tuesday at the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, according to five U.S. officials. Two of them told ABC News they don't know what prompted this gathering of potentially hundreds of the U.S. military's most senior leaders.

It is very rare to hold such a large meeting of general officers who are based stateside and overseas in one location and for it to include the defense secretary.

The unusual meeting will also take place months after Hegseth ordered a 20% reduction in the number of officers of the four-star rank, in addition to the 15 senior military officers he has removed from their posts, including Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, Jr. the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and

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