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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s apical uniformed serviceman to measurement down, the Pentagon said Thursday without giving a crushed for the departure arsenic the United States wages a warfare against Iran.
Gen. Randy George “will beryllium retiring from his presumption arsenic the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effectual immediately,” said Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s apical spokesman. George has held the station of Army main of staff, which typically runs for 4 years, since August 2023 nether the Biden administration.
The ouster, reported earlier by CBS News, is conscionable the latest of much than a twelve firings of apical generals and admirals by Hegseth since helium took bureau past year. Like galore of those different firings, Pentagon officials are not offering a crushed for George's departure, which comes astir 5 weeks into U.S.-Israeli attacks connected Iran and with nary wide timeline from President Donald Trump connected erstwhile the warfare whitethorn end.
George is simply a postgraduate of West Point Military Academy and an infantry serviceman who served successful the archetypal Gulf War arsenic good arsenic Iraq and Afghanistan. He besides served arsenic Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s apical subject adjutant from 2021 to 2022 during the Biden medication earlier taking connected apical enactment roles successful the Army.
George made it done the archetypal circular of firings nether the Trump medication successful February 2025, erstwhile Hegseth removed apical subject leaders, including Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s apical uniformed officer, and Gen. Jim Slife, the No. 2 person astatine the Air Force. Trump besides fired Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. arsenic president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Since then, much than a twelve different apical subject generals and admirals person either retired aboriginal oregon been removed from their posts.
Among these departures was George’s deputy, Gen. James Mingus, who was successful the station of vice main of unit of the Army for little than 2 years erstwhile Trump abruptly nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve for the position. LaNeve was past serving arsenic Hegseth’s apical subject aide, having been plucked for that station from commanding the Eighth Army successful South Korea aft little than a twelvemonth successful the job.
LaNeve volition beryllium stepping successful arsenic acting Army main of staff, according to a Pentagon official, who spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon the determination earlier it has been announced. It is simply a meteoric emergence for an serviceman who was lone a two-star wide 2 years ago.
A spokesperson for George could not beryllium instantly reached for comment.
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This communicative has been corrected to amusement that Gen. Jim Slife’s sanction was misspelled Silfe.
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