Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff | US military
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly expelled the Chief of the General Staff on Friday and removed a assistant, the key to the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the Pentagon.
Jon Harrison, who was appointed in January, was the key to the broad changes in navy policy and budgeting offices. Harrison, a Trump Mega-Donor John Phelan, who was approved as a navy secretary in March, was reported to have tried to limit the impact of the navy under the secretary.
Pentagon confirmed in a statement that Harrison was separated To PoliticoThis reported that he first left.
“He will no longer serve as the Chief of General Staff to the Navy Secretary,” he said. “We are grateful for the service of the department.”
Harrison’s fire comes days after an old naval officer Hung Cao, a former naval officer running for the Senate last year. approved As a navy under the secretary.
Policy previously reported Before they were thrown, they re -appointed several high -level aids that Harrison and Phelan, who had previously had military experience, had to help Cao’s adaptation to his role. According to Politico, this movement aimed to reduce the impact of the role of the secretary.
Harrison’s departure comes after months of turmoil under the direction of Hegseth.
In May, he ordered the army’s four -star generals to reduce 20% of their admirals and fired more than half a dozen general Since January. They also fired only two women who served as four -star officers. In February, Hegseth expelled the joint Chief of General Staff and the second black man who would serve in this role.
In an unusual conversation with senior military officials this week, Hegseth frightened against diversity and involvement instructions and claimed that the defense department was the “awakening department”. Many Gazi reacted angrily to Hegseth’s address, who was previously appointed as the defense secretary.
