Posted on 02/25/2025 4:49:49 AM PST by Fish Speaker
On Sunday 23 February, NBC News reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had dismissed his Senior Military Advisor, Air Force Lieutenant General Jennifer M. Short - “effective immediately.”
Following the dismissals of General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General James Slife, Air Force vice chief of staff, and Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations, as well as the three service Judge Advocate Generals. This level of turbulence in the military’s top ranks is unprecedented.
This is not normal or routine – and while these appointments are naturally approved by the President, they are not political appointments, and are explicitly intended to bridge across administrations rather than changing with each incoming president. This is in order to prevent the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (like the director of the FBI) does not become a partisan political appointment.
President Trump is accused of ignoring conventions in order to ensure that every senior official should be a personal appointee.
Lieutenant General Short, a former C-130E navigator and then an A-10 pilot, squadron and wing commader was appointed as the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, in September 2024.
The Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense acts as the principal military point of contact for the Secretary of Defense and is also the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s representative with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Senior Military Assistant implements the decisions of the SecDef and is responsible for providing advice, counsel and support on all uniformed military matters.
With the premature dismissal of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, many believe that it would have seemed sensible to retain the Senior Military Assistant to ensure a measure of continuity.
Some have pointed out that the 55 year old Lieutenant General Short’s CV is rather fuller and more impressive than that of the nominated new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – the 58 year old, retired Lieutenant General John D (Dan) Caine, who, some say, looks positively ‘pale, male and stale’ by comparison. They suspect that Short has fallen victim to the ‘war on woke and DEI’ that is now supposedly being waged by the Trump administration.
Meet the new boss…
Perhaps that’s the point in what many say is an increasingly misogynistic Hegseth Pentagon?
The military has been a woke nightmare.
Hundreds of senior officers must be fired—or the military will remain a joke.
——Meet the new boss——
Meet the new Commander in Chief
I recall the word “purge” being used to describe what the Obama administration did to the officer corps.
Were they all part of the Jan 16 meeting th thwart Trump’s action a Biden guy was recorded talking about on an undercover O’Keefe video?
Trump and Hegseth need to continue to rid the Department of Defense of these DEI duds and the damage they have caused.
Horribly slanted. Not once does it discussi why they were all fired nor does it discuss military readiness or warrior spirit replacing pussy spirit. It doesn’t reflect how that serious warrior spirit has triple enlistments since the election. The author’s head is up his ass so far he can’t see what’s going on.
Some say, Jon?
“to ensure a measure of continuity.” That’s exactly the problem. The status quo is over. Bye.
We are all unemployed when we get out of bed in the morning. Work in independent sales and you learn it on the first day of work.
Trump and Hegseth have their reasons and they have the right to make these changes. I have every trust that they know what they are doing.
I recall the word “purge” being used to describe what the Obama administration did to the officer corps.
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Obama fired three top brass for being ready to rescue the 2012 Hillary Benghazi attack survivors.
Woke has to die. This is how you do it.
Hard DEI Lefty
Brown was a true Lefty crook .
Orlando radio host
outed Old Brown had a mansion in
Boca with a Lovely
Portrait of Hillary in
front entry .
A true Lefty zealot .
The Author is a limey and was never in the military so.........
This started under Clinton and accelerated during Obama’s 3 terms.
Came up Short? Got the Short straw?
I’m sure there’s still more to go.
Woke is one reason but the Milley treason and his ability to do so without a whimper from his peers to the detriment of civilian command over the armed forces is another.
Likely also true.
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