Day: February 21, 2025

The Pentagon is considering a major cut to civilian employees — between 5% and 8% of the workforce. And 14,000 of them work at Fort Bragg.

The sweeping and extraordinary intervention is expected to shock the Pentagon and upend the tradition of the joint chiefs chair serving a new administration.

Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

US secretary of defense had questioned whether history-making air force general CQ Brown Jr got job because of race

Brown is among the senior military officials the Trump administration has linked to Biden-era diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy’s top officer, the Air Force vice chief of staff, and the judge advocates general of three service branches.

Mixed reactions emerge from local Pacific Palisades residents as city leaders clash over fire response.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti were removed from their positions late Friday. The Trump administration announced the reliefs in a series of messages on social media and a press statement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Two defense officials also confirmed their removals to USNI News. In a post on the social media network Truth Social, President Donald Trump thanked Brown for his service and announced he would nominate Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to lead the Pentagon. “I want to thank General Charles

Villanueva retired just seven months ago after more than four decades with the Los Angeles Fire Department.