By Helene Cooper National security reporter Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a 20 percent reduction of four-star officers — the military’s senior ranks — continuing the wide swath of ...

Hegseth, in a memo and video laying out his moves, said the reductions will entail a 20 percent cut to the ranks of four-star generals and admirals and 10 percent of the military’s more than 800 ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a plan to reduce the number of high-ranking officers in the U.S. military, aiming to cut 20% of four-star generals and 10% of all ...

Hegseth has long been vocal about how the senior-most ranks of the military are too big. At his confirmation hearing, he stated there was “an inverse relationship between the size of staffs and ...

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On top of the cuts to the top-tier four-star generals, Hegseth has also directed the military to shed an additional 10% of its general and flag officers across the force, which could include any ...

In a memo on Monday, Hegseth ordered a 20 percent reduction in the number of four-star generals and admirals – currently the highest-ranked personnel in the US military – as well as a 10 ...