In a memo released Monday, Hegseth argued that senior leaders should be "unencumbered by unnecessary bureaucratic layers that ...

About 20% of top active duty general and admiral jobs would be eliminated, plus 10% of the more than 800 positions across ...

Online users, primarily posting on Facebook, copied and pasted a made-up rumor about the former vice chief of staff of the ...

The following is the May 15, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Military Generals and Admirals: Information on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that the U.S. military will soon be seeing a dramatic reduction in the number ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the reduction of generals, admirals and officers to reduce "excess general and flag ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to dismiss 10% of active duty general or flag officers and eliminate 20% of four-star general officer positions in the active-duty military was announced in a ...

A memo sent by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directs the Pentagon to cut top military leadership positions to remove "redundant force structure" and streamline leadership.

There were 38 four-star officers – the highest rank that can usually be achieved in the US military – and a total of 817 generals and admirals in the active-duty forces as of March 2025.

The White House has nominated a former Air Force officer and advocate for the Space Force to be the deputy administrator of NASA.