Chairman of the Joint Chiefs C.Q. Brown fired, with the Navy chief and Air Force vice chief

Date

Feb 21, 2025

Kind

Military

Legal outcome

Unchallenged

Source

aol.com ↗

Agency or court

Department of Defense

What happened

Trump dismissed General Brown and said he would be replaced by a retired lieutenant general who was not a four-star officer. Hegseth simultaneously fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations, and General James Slife, the Air Force vice chief. Senior uniformed officers have no removal-protection litigation route, which is why this section is largely unchallenged.

Publisher

Agence France-Presse via AOL

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