Firings at the Pentagon

 Streiff:

After firing the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (New: SecDef Fires Defense Intelligence Agency Chief – RedState), Secretary of Defense capped off his Friday by dismissing the Chief of the Navy Reserve, Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore (that organization still has her bio posted indicating either sloth or rebellion) and the Commander of Naval Special Operations Command, Rear Admiral Milton "Jamie" Sands.

According to the US Naval Institute, “Effective immediately, Rear Adm. Milton ‘Jamie’ Sands III will no longer serve as commander, Naval Special Warfare Command,” the official told USNI News. “Effective immediately, Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore will no longer serve as the chief of Navy Reserve.”

The triple play leaves no doubt that Pete Hegseth is very serious about reshaping the senior leadership of the military.

No further reason was given for the dismissal of Admirals Lacore and Sands, but the total context gives some hints. A little earlier in the day, when Hegseth defenestrated USAF Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse from his perch at the Defense Intelligence Agency, it was understood that this was directly related to Kruse's decision to release a low-confidence DIA assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer, which claimed that Iran's nuclear infrastructure was largely undamaged.

Given the political sensitivity of the mission, permitting a more-likely-than-not inaccurate assessment free in the news ecosystem indicates a political tone-deafness on a Biblical scale or blatant sabotage but either way, you can't have someone like that in a responsible position. (As an aside, during Desert Storm the consensus in the Army Operations Center was that the DIA would always report the opposite of the CIA because if they got it wrong, no one remembered, and if they got it right, they could always point to being right while the CIA was wrong.)

There is a hint that Admiral Lacore may have been fired for not being sufficiently energetic in supporting Secretary Hegseth's agenda.
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Trump and Hegseth appear disappointed in some of the military leadership.  The attack on Iran's nuclear program clearly set back Iran's military.  That Iran would attempt to replace their losses is no surprise either.

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