Subject: Re: WhiskeyLeaks is as stupid as we thought
The meeting is expected to resemble “a pep rally” where Hegseth will underscore the importance of the “warrior ethos” and outline a new vision for the US military, said three of the sources. He is expected to discuss new readiness, fitness and grooming standards the officers are expected to adhere to and enforce.

"This could have been an email," writ large.

Nothing says that you're serious about national security than dragging your entire top defense personnel from all across the world, away from their active duties, in order to attend a pep rally so that they can hear in person the Defense Secretary read a prepared statement on readiness fitness and grooming standards. Instead of, you know, using the secure telecommunications systems that have been developed exactly so that your top defense personnel don't have to travel across the world, away from their active duties, to receive instructions on routine low-level administrative matters whose implementation will be delegated to officers many ranks below them anyway.