Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon official told CBS News.

The announcement is set to take place during a rare address to military officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. It marks the latest move by Hegseth to change the structure of the military, especially at its top levels.

Fox News was first to report the planned reductions.

In May 2025, Hegseth ordered that a minimum of 10% of all flag and general officers be cut, along with 20% of general officers in the National Guard. In a one-page memo posted on the Defense Department's website, Hegseth said at the time that the cuts were necessary to "drive innovation and operational excellence."

He argued that the military must be "unencumbered by unnecessary bureaucratic layers that hinder their growth and effectiveness," and the key to achieving this would be "removing redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions."

CBS NEWS

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-20-cut-generals-and-admirals-military-pentagon/

Good. Too many paper shufflers taking up space and salaries. Now, ought to close down all those military golf courses, too. In fact, a review of all these military resorts and playgrounds should be undertaken and all closed if possible. That alone ought to take out quite a few admirals and generals in charge of them.

If only the foolish European Union member nations could do the same on their military budgets and funds sent to Ukraine...it would ease the burden and inflation on all western european tax payers. Social anger is rising and more and more nations will then vote for the far left or far right. People all over Europe are just fed up in paying the price of the sanctions against the cheap russian oil and gas.

Bet it will only be the fat ones ,never mind they could have more experience

in warfare , it's all about image....

regards worgeordie

I hope this removes genuinely redundant layers of administration and is not just an excuse to remove senior staff based on skin colour, gender and politics........oh wait......that's never happened before, why should it happen now?

Self-styled US Secretary of War Hegseth intends to continue the drastic cutbacks.

The plan therefore calls for reducing the number of highest-ranking officers by 20 percent.

Women and African Americans, in particular, could be affected.

So from these 10 who pose, what do you think which 2 would be "reduced"...

The lady for sure. And the second would be either the 3rd from the right or the one at the left.

They are all smiling...

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typo

So all the left has to howl racism and whatnot. How lazy they are.