By Col. Bill Connor ——Bio and Archives--February 24, 2025

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On Friday, Feb 21, the Trump administration did what the left is calling a “purge” of military leadership. As reported in the Military Times, “President Donald Trump on Friday evening fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs CQ Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Jim Slife.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that Trump plans to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine…… as the nation’s next chairman of the Joint Chiefs…. Hegseth also requested nominations for the Army, Navy and Air Force judge advocates general, indicating they too have been fired.” (Military Times, Feb. 22, 2025)

Trump and Hegseth praised the service of those being replaced, though made clear that Lt. General Dan “Rasin” Caine was the warrior leader needed at this. The expected hyperbolic warnings came fast and furious, with the ironic charge that Trump was engaged in “politicization” of the military (

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