US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the US Army’s top uniformed officer, Gen. Randy George, to step down, the Pentagon says, as the United States wages a war against Iran.
A Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirms that George has been asked to take early retirement from the post of Army chief of staff, which he has held since August 2023.
The ouster of George is just the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals by Hegseth since he first took office last year.
George is a graduate of West Point Military Academy and an infantry officer who served in the first Gulf War as well as Iraq and Afghanistan. He also served as former defense secretary Lloyd Austin’s top military aide from 2021 to 2022, during Joe Biden’s administration, before taking on top leadership roles in the Army.
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