{"id":73867,"date":"2026-04-04T20:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ousted-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george-says-u-s-soldiers-deserve-courageous-leaders-of-character-in-outgoing-email\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:04:16","slug":"ousted-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george-says-u-s-soldiers-deserve-courageous-leaders-of-character-in-outgoing-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ousted-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george-says-u-s-soldiers-deserve-courageous-leaders-of-character-in-outgoing-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousted Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George says U.S. soldiers deserve &#8220;courageous leaders of character&#8221; in outgoing email"},"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 id=\"\">\n<p>Ousted Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, told Pentagon officials in an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rArmyReddit\/status\/2040459752770064589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outgoing email<\/a>\u00a0that U.S. soldiers deserve &#8220;courageous leaders of character,&#8221; after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to step down and take immediate retirement.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News exclusively <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reported earlier this week<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on the general&#8217;s ousting, with one source saying Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement his and President Trump&#8217;s vision for the Army.<\/p>\n<p>An outgoing email, attributed to George and confirmed as authentic by CBS News on Saturday, circulated online after his ousting. A U.S. official told CBS News that George sent the email to Hegseth, the undersecretary and assistant secretary of the Army, as well as to the three- and four-star generals and officers on his staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been the greatest privilege to serve beside you and lead Soldiers in support of our country,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I know you&#8217;ll all continue to stay laser-focused on the mission, continue innovating, and relentlessly cut through the bureaucracy to get our warfighters what they need to win on the modern battlefield.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Our soldiers are truly the best in the world \u2013 they deserve tough training and courageous leaders of character. I have no doubt you will all continue to lead with courage, character, and grit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>George previously served as the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from 2021 to 2022, during the Biden administration. He became Army chief of staff, typically a four-year post, in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeanParnellASW\/status\/2039812664902271107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a statement that George &#8220;will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately. The Department of War is grateful for General George&#8217;s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The current vice chief of staff of the Army, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, who was formerly Hegseth&#8217;s military aide, will be acting Army chief of staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth has fired more than a dozen senior military officers, including\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-fires-gen-charles-q-brown-as-chair-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-nominates-lt-gen-dan-razin-caine\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown<\/a><\/span>, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Slife and the head of the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-kruse-ousted-as-defense-intelligence-agency-director\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. 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