{"id":23677,"date":"2025-05-06T08:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-orders-20-percent-cut-in-militarys-senior-ranks\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:32:12","slug":"hegseth-orders-20-percent-cut-in-militarys-senior-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-orders-20-percent-cut-in-militarys-senior-ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Orders 20 Percent Cut in Military\u2019s Senior Ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a 20 percent reduction of four-star officers \u2014 the military\u2019s senior ranks \u2014 continuing the wide swath of job reductions and firings that have marked his three months at the helm of the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a memo on Monday, Mr. Hegseth also ordered a 10 percent reduction of overall general-level officers in the military, and a 20 percent cut of four-star positions in the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThrough these measures, we will uphold our position as the most lethal fighting force in the world, achieving peace through strength and ensuring greater efficiency, innovation and preparedness for achieving any challenge that lies ahead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth has already fired a raft of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-military-firings-defense-secretaries-letter.html\" title=\"\">military leaders<\/a>, many of them people of color and women. He fired the Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/22\/us\/politics\/joint-chiefs-cq-brown-military.html\" title=\"\">Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.<\/a>; the first woman to command the Navy, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-us-military-nato-official-fired-chatfield.html\" title=\"\">Admiral Lisa Franchetti<\/a>; and the U.S. military\u2019s representative to the NATO military committee, Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth is fighting calls for his own firing after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/20\/us\/politics\/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html\" title=\"\">disclosing on Signal<\/a>, a commercial chat app, the flight sequencing for U.S. strikes against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has made targeting what he has called a \u201cwoke\u201d agenda at the Pentagon one of the signatures of his tenure. Last week he boasted on social media that he had \u201cproudly\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/29\/us\/politics\/pete-hegseth-women-peace-security.html\" title=\"\">canceled a program<\/a> encouraging more women to take roles in national security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his memo on Monday laying out the cuts, Mr. Hegseth, a former Fox News weekend anchor, said that \u201cthe Department of Defense is committed to ensuring the lethality of U.S. Military Forces to deter threats and, when necessary, achieve a decisive victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added: \u201cA critical step in this process is removing redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are about 800 general-level officers in the military. At the most senior, four-star level, there are 44.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was unclear how Mr. Hegseth planned to cut the positions. 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