U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement amid the Iran war, CBS News reported citing sources familiar with the decision.
One of the sources told CBS News that Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth’s vision for the Army.
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement that George “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’s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement.”
A senior Defense Department official told CBS News, “We are grateful for his service, but it was time for a leadership change in the Army.”
Two other Army officers were removed from their roles, according to three sources familiar with the matter: Gen. David Hodne, who led the Army’s Transformation and Training Command, and Maj. Gen. William Green, who headed the Army’s Chaplain Corps. The Washington Post was first to report on Hodne and Green’s ouster.
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