US War Secretary Pete Hegseth asked on Thursday Army Chiefof Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, CBS Newsreported, citing sources familiar with the decision.
In a statement, Chief Pentagon spokesperson SeanParnellsaidGeorge "will be retiring from his position as the41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately,” while a senior DefenseDepartment official told CBS News, "We are grateful for his service, butit was time for a leadership change in the Army."
George previously served as the senior military assistant toDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin from 2021 to 2022, during the Bidenadministration, after decades of service. A career infantry officer and WestPoint graduate, George first served in the first Gulf War and the more recentconflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to CBS, Hegseth has fired more than a dozen seniormilitary officers, includingChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Air Force ViceChief of Staff Gen. James Slife, and the head of theDefense IntelligenceAgency Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse.
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