非常规之举：特朗普“战争部”言辞为何重要【RUSI】

COMMENTARYNot Business as Usual:Why Trumps WarDepartment Rhetoric MattersMatthew Savill1 October 20259 Minute ReadMuch of the language coming out of the gathering of USmilitary leaders this week could be dismissed as politicalspectacle.But international partners of the US should takeseriously the US Administrations views both on the utility offorce,and its casual approach to its application domestically.When news emerged last week that the newly-styled US Secretary of War PeteHegseth had ordered a gathering in the US of almost all general officers andsenior non-commissioned officers from across the US military,speculationquickly mounted on the reasons for the rare if not unprecedented gathering,especially when it emerged that President Donald Trump was alsogoing to be speaking.Guesses ranged from a public humiliation and potentialfirings of officers out of favour,to a discussion on the draft National DefenseStrategy(NDS)which has reportedly been the subject of unfavourablefeedback from many in uniform.In the end,neither materialised,andinstead briefs that this was going to be about the ethos of the Department ofDefense now unofficially the Department of War were most accurate.It wo