Hegseth Directs 20% Cut To Top Military Leadership Positions

[Wicked Blue]

Source: AP via HuffPost

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration moves forward with deep cuts that it says will promote efficiency but that critics worry could result in a more politicized force.

Hegseth also told the National Guard to shed 20% of its top positions and directed the military to cut an additional 10% of its general and flag officers across the force, which could include any one-star or above or officer of equivalent Navy rank.

The cuts are on top of more than a half-dozen top general officers that President Donald Trump or Hegseth have fired since January, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. CQ Brown Jr. They also have fired the only two women serving as four-star officers, as well as a disproportionate number of other senior female officers.

In the earlier rounds of firing, Hegseth said the eliminations were “a reflection of the president wanting the right people around him to execute the national security approach we want to take.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-pentagon-leadership-cuts-pete-hegseth_n_681923a9e4b09d0e11f7c9a5?77e

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Thanks, Putin.

Dividing and conquering and all that jazz, da.

[mdbl]

2. Seems they'll do anything they can to make us more vulnerable to attack

[Irish_Dem]

3. Kick out all the women, POC, LGBT, Trans and a lot of the generals.

Who do you have left?

Is it still the most powerful military in the world?

[qazplm135]

4. I could buy that we don't need every last 4 star

But just "cut 20 percent" is the kind of lazy approach I'd expect from a Major.

[patphil]

5. So the military purge begins.

[Prairie Gates]

6. An obvious purge poorly disguised as cost cutting

Stalinesque shit is happening.

[Cheezoholic]

7. If you live along the beaches, might want to move.

Hurricanes may not be the only things making landfall in the near future with these fuckers running our armed forces from a bar. I swear I'm terrified we're going to be attacked, terrorist or otherwise.

[HappyLarge]

8. Are there any women flag officers left?

I guess all the brown, not evangelical christians are next on the block….

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Put a drunk in charge

What could go wrong?

[Marthe48]

10. the drunk says it

" 'president' (my quotes) wanting the right people around him to execute the national security approach we want to take"

Remove anyone who won't stand by their oath, so the traitors can gut the country.