This very high-ranking official is stepping down from his position as the 41st Chief of the Army Staff, with immediate effect, as written on the X platform by Sean Parnell, the Pentagon spokesperson, wishing him “a great retirement.”
He does not give the reason for this sudden departure.
CBS News, which revealed the information, cites an anonymous American official stating that Pete Hegseth wishes to appoint someone in his place who can implement the vision of Donald Trump and his minister for the army.
General Randy George, a graduate of the prestigious West Point military academy who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was appointed to this position in 2023, during the tenure of Democratic President Joe Biden.
“Politicization” of the army
This is another forced departure among the highest-ranking officials of the American army since the return to power of Donald Trump. The American president, without explanation, dismissed Charles “CQ” Brown, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, at the beginning of 2025, to replace him with Dan Caine. Since then, the chiefs of the navy, coast guard, NSA spy agency, and many others have been pushed out by the Trump government.
According to the “Washington Post” and CBS, two other generals, David Hodne, in charge of the Transformation and Training Command of the army, and William Green Jr., at the head of the military chaplains corps, were also sidelined along with General George.
Pete Hegseth, leading a ministry he renamed “the Ministry of War,” ensured that he simply chooses the leaders he wants to lead the world’s largest budget army.
Opposition Democrats in parliament have expressed concerns about potential politicization of the military, traditionally more isolated from political battles than the rest of the American state apparatus.
