Pete Hegseth thinks we're at a point where long-range drones and hypersonics are changing and contesting battle spaces differently from the assumptions we had.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he wants to "streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions" in the US military. In a memo published Monday, Hegseth said he wanted to reduce the number of four-star positions in the active-duty military and the number of general officers in the National Guard by at least 20%.

Hegseth wants a minimum 20% cut to the number of four-star positions across the military's active component and the same for general officers in the National Guard to cut "redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership,