Hegseth's firings of US military brass and Judge Advocate Generals.

It's because of the current civilian command -- trump and Hegseth -- that, as The Blue Flower pointed out, "no one should take the support of the military for granted."
One hopes this purge, thus erosion, of US military leadership will be temporary, and later restored.


General C.Q. Brown: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (highest-ranking military officer).
Admiral Lisa Franchetti: Chief of Naval Operations.

General James Slife: Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
General Timothy Haugh: Head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.

Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield: U.S. representative to NATO's military committee.
Admiral Linda Fagan: Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Lieutenant General Jennifer Short: Hegseth's senior military assistant.
Rear Admiral Milton Sands: Commander of the Navy SEALs, after he'd pushed for women in the SEALS.

Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, former Army vice chief of staff,
Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., former head of Central Command.

Maj. Gen. James Patrick Work, in line to head the U.S. Central Command, which oversees troops in the Middle East
Adm. Alvin Holsey, the head of U.S. Southern Command, who raised questions about deadly military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, a 35-year Air Force intelligence officer who led the Defense Intelligence Agency, forced from his position after his agency cast doubt on Mr. Trump’s assertion that U.S. airstrikes in June had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program.
Gen. Randy George, Army’s chief of staff, ran the Army's high-intensity combat and drone warfare in the Pacific.

Gen. James J. Mingus, Army’s vice chief of staff
Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, dismissed while next up as the Navy's 7th Fleet Commander

Lt. Gen. J.P. McGee forced out as director of strategy and war plans on the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II, commander of 1st Infantry Division, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment

Hegseth fired top legal officers for the Army, Air Force, and Navy (Judge Advocate Generals).
Officials state he had no direct contact with them; he said he simply viewed them as potential "roadblocks to orders."
Army: Lt. Gen. Joseph B. Berger III
Air Force: Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer
Navy: Rear Adm. Lia M. Reynolds

https://medium.com/@Democracy_Labs/12-top-military-leaders-pete-hegseth-fired-ba6308808a69

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/hegseth-firing-military-leaders.html