DIA director Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse fired

Date

Aug 22, 2025

Kind

Military

Legal outcome

Unchallenged

Source

militarytimes.com ↗

Agency or court

Defense Intelligence Agency

What happened

The Pentagon gave no official reason; people familiar with the decision linked it to Trump's anger over the agency's preliminary assessment that strikes on Iran's nuclear sites set the program back only a few months. Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Adm. Milton Sands of Naval Special Warfare Command were removed the same day.

Publisher

Military Times