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Posted on 06/24/2026 7:24:45 AM PDT by DFG
The U.S. Army's commanding general of forces in Europe and Africa is stepping down after roughly a year and a half at the coveted post, Fox News has confirmed.
Gen. Christopher Donahue — who also leads NATO's Allied Land Command — will relinquish his command on July 2, according to a statement from the Army. Donahue's deputy, Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, will take over his duties after July 2.
Donahue submitted his retirement papers at the request of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has sought to shrink the number of generals and prioritize adding new GI's. He is the latest military leader of more than two dozen to leave or retire early under Hegseth's leadership.
"The Army thanks Gen. Donahue for his leadership of U.S. Army Europe and Africa," the Army said in a statement provided to Fox News.
Donahue is best known as the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan in August 2021, marking the end of America's nearly 20-year war launched after the Sept. 11 attacks. The moment he stepped onto a C-17 cargo plane was captured in an iconic photo taken through night vision goggles.
At the time, he was the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division and was brought in to oversee security at Hamid Karzai International Airport during the chaotic withdrawal.
The Marines, not Donahue's forces, were in charge of securing Abbey Gate at the airport, which was attacked by a member of ISIS-K in a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians.
Donahue's leadership of the evacuation, which saw roughly 124,000 Afghan citizens airlifted from the country, drew praise from both Democrats and Republicans, even though the broader withdrawal strategy was criticized as rushed and haphazard.
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Gen. Christopher Donahue was not responsible for the orders he was given by the DOD regarding Afghanistan.
What does that mean?
Hegseth fired him.
The evacuation of U.S. civilian personnel, U.S., citizens and any Afghan nationals was run by the State Department.
The US should have been out of Afghanistan as soon as it was determined that Bin Laden was not there or dead. Turns out he was residing in open sight in Pakistan, ostensibly America’s ally. Meanwhile while brave young Americans were being killed and mutilated in Afghanistan and Iraq while the 9/11 Saudis went unpunished. The sweatheart oil deals the Saudis used to enrich the Bush family was money well spent for them.
Through the commanding general on the site.
State Department does not carry out military operations.
It means he did the job he was ordered to do and under the orders of how he was to do it. He did not make the order to abandon Bagram and evacuate from the insecure airfield at Kabul.
Anyone promoted to that high of a level under Biden is very suspect when it comes to their DEI, left wing, gay/trans, etc. views, and their support for Trump Administration policies.
He’s served 34 years. Probably was ready for some time for other pursuits.
The state department had the lead authority for evacuating U.S. civilians, U.S. citizens and any Afhgans. The DOD had a support role in that.
If they let him retire at the four star level, he will do just fine with his over $200,000/year pension.
Commanding Gen. Christopher Donahue — who also leads NATO's Allied Land Command — will relinquish his command on July 2. Donahue is best known as the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan in August 2021, marking the end of the US' nearly 20-year war launched after 911. The moment he stepped onto a C-17 cargo plane was captured in an iconic photo taken through night vision goggles.
No, but he was responsible for executing them and the execution of those orders was VERY POOR!
Good leadership owns failure, bad leadership blames others.
Retired career military here, from a career military family. I say retire everyone above the rank of lieutenant-colonel, then promote good replacements as found. It took ten years after the end of the Viet Nam War for attrition to get rid of the bad ones. Attrition is way too slow for the modern threat environment.
Daily Mail says “WALKS OUT” and “abruptly resigned” - and here it says Hegseth REQUESTED his resignation.
Gee - I wonder which one is right.
Probably all of the above in reverse order,,,,1. Hegseth requested his resignation, 2. He resigned, 3. He walked out.
The Democrats may well recruit Donahue for a political office in the future, possibly in his home state of Pennsylvania.
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