Posted on 02/22/2025 12:02:14 AM PST by ransomnote
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.Trump announced he was dismissing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown and replacing him with Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dan “Razin” Caine – an extraordinary move since Caine is retired, according to an Air Force official, and is not a four-star general.
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“Finally, I have also directed Secretary [of Defense Pete] Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high level positions, which will be announced soon,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Minutes later, Hegseth released a statement announcing he’d fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the chief of the Navy.
The removal of the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff appears to send a strong signal from an administration that has outlawed diversity and inclusion efforts across the military and wider government.
Hegseth called Franchetti a “DEI hire” in his 2024 book, in which he wrote: “If naval operations suffer, at least we can hold our heads high. Because at least we have another first! The first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — hooray.”
Hegseth on Friday also said that Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the Air Force, had been fired, and that he was “requesting nominations” for the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy and Air Force, indicating they will be replaced.
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Thanks. That’s been our average low of late.
Trumpster here! 😀
In preparation for World War II, FDR reached deep into the ranks of conservative general officers and picked New Deal supporter George Marshall as Army Chief of Staff. With Roosevelt's support, Marshall purged the US Army of weak and incompetent officers and advanced those whom he saw as best suited to the emerging new methods of mobile warfare. They in turn became the famous combat generals who won WW II for the United States.
Similarly, Trump installed the loyal and combat experienced Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Now Hegseth is urgently cleaning out the deadwood of DEI, Biden and Obama generals to prepare our impeding confrontation with China and adapt to changing military technologies. The era of peacetime social and political promotion in the US military is over. We are getting ready for war.
100% Spot on.
good news.
Not true, its not unprecedented. They are lying.
The media knows. They choose to lie because they hate Trump.
I keep pinching myself to be sure I am am not dreaming.
I hope General Milley is let go, too, at some point.
May I suggest that an “unprecedented” President is just what this country needs right now?
(Note: I see the talking point has gone out. “Unprecedented” is the media’s word of the day.
Lincoln fires McClellan. Truman fires Macarthur.
For openers.
This retired Army Officer is estatic to see our miliary being cleaned out.
I think so too. Sadly.
Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in purge of military leadership because of its unprecedented promotion of DEI over warfighting.
Oren Liebermann: “I am a world traveler and television journalist who enjoys, above all else, storytelling.”
Exactly
OUT-FREAKING-STANDING!!!
Now, the purge must go much much deeper. It needs to go all the way down to O5 at least. Purge all the Leftists. I hope they’ve been keeping lists. There need to be thousands separated from the military immediately.
I examined Franchetti’s service record. I did not see any indication that she ever served in any combat role at all. No service in relation to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Her service is combat is non existent.
She may have served in support roles to theaters of combat and special forces.But she had never been under fire in her life.
So why should she send our sons and daughters into war,she is not a war fighter.
Franchetti’s shelf life was nearing its end, she had breats cancer and now is on endocrine therapy. So its a good time for her to leave.
Very positive developments at the Pentagon.
The media continues its Dem strategy...lying their butt off.
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