The turnover of the DEI chiefs

 Streiff:

Friday evening, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth began the process of reshaping the corps of general and flag officers who command and, on odd Tuesdays, even attempt to lead our Armed Forces. The first tranche of firings carried away the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General CQ Brown Jr., Chief of Naval Operation Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Lieutenant General James Slife; see You're Fired: Trump Cans Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Presumably Over Emphasis on DEI – RedState. The Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were surprising additions. They are Army Lieutenant General Joseph B. Berger III, Navy Rear Admiral Lia M. Reynolds, and Air Force Lieutenant General Charles L. Plummer.

No one thinks this is the end of it, but a total decapitation strike would be a bad look, particularly to a Congress that is already getting a bad case of fecal incontinence because they are seeing program cuts being made on principle, not on the politics of how many jobs are in each congressional district.

There are a couple of surprising things in the unfolding drama. I think everyone had expected CQ Brown and Franchetti to be fired. They were two of the most highly visible proponents of the DEI culture Obama and Biden attempted to implant in the military. Brown, in fact, could be mistaken for a stone-cold racist in the right lighting. Here is the infamous memo where he signs on to limiting the percentage of White pilots in the Air Force.

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