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Secretary Hegseth Meets the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets in College Station, Sep. 19, 2026

September 19, 2026 · Department of War · 0:35:01

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What happened

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on September 19, 2026, in a full appearance published by the Department of War. The Corps is a military-style program led by students, according to the department’s description of the visit. The Texas A&M stop sits in the same cadet-and-recruit circuit as the Secretary’s Send Me Tour addresses at the Air Force Academy and the University of Tennessee, paged separately on this site.

Why it matters

Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets is one of the largest uniformed student bodies in the country outside the service academies, and a standing source of commissioned officers. A Secretary of War appearance there is recruiting-and-pipeline work in person: the department’s senior leader in front of students deciding whether to serve.

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “Secretary Hegseth Meets the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets,” September 19, 2026 (official upload, embedded above; published September 20, 2026). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.