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  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 Hegse...

 Red State: You can read the full Supreme Court order  here . Here's a snippet : ... Combat is difficult enough without the distraction caused by men pretending to be women or vice versa.  Hopefully, the ban will stay in effect. See also: JUST IN: Supreme Court Delivers Massive Victory For Trump Administration

  Matt Margolis: ... Under President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. military has seen an extraordinary surge in recruitment, reflecting a renewed sense of pride and purpose. Data shared on Fox News' “Fox & Friends” reveals that the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Space Force have far exceeded recruitment goals, driven by the administration’s focus on restoring military strength. Host Brian Kilmeade highlighted the figures. "The Army, Air Force, and Marines—you are up 108% in November, 119% in February, 108% after the election, 105% with the Navy, with the Marines up 112%, and 100%. They are through the roof. The US Air Force, 100% of its goal. Same thing in February, and Space Force is also booming, over 100%." These numbers signal a significant enlistment boom. “I think the war fighters are happy to have a war fighter up top,” Kilmeade observed. “Mr. Secretary, with all this controversy, everything swirling around, have you ever doubted...

  DC Daily Journal: ... Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dan “Razin” Caine has been confirmed as the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Senate’s 60-25 vote, cast in the early hours of Friday just after 2 a.m., marks a significant step in President Trump’s vision to reshape the Pentagon with leaders aligned to his America-first priorities. As the Senate adjourned for a two-week recess, Caine’s confirmation stood as a testament to the administration’s commitment to swift, bold action. The vote came roughly six weeks after President Trump made headlines by dismissing Caine’s predecessor, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., in a sweeping Pentagon overhaul. While Democrats voiced unease over the abrupt changes, Republican leaders rallied behind Caine, urging rapid confirmation to ensure steady leadership at a time of global uncertainty. The urgency was clear: America faces mounting challenges abroad, and the Trump administration is determined to meet them head-on. Sen. Roger Wicker...

 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 ma...

 Townhall: ... One of the first officers to go is the commandant for the United States Coast Guard, who was fired for pushing DEI nonsense and failing to help secure the border (via  Fox News ): The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment concerns and an "erosion of trust," a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News. Adm. Linda Lee Fagan has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, the official said.  Fagan has demonstrated leadership deficiencies, operational failures and an inability to advance the strategic objectives of the Coast Guard.  These include the failure to address border security threats, insufficient leadership in recruitment and retention, mismanagement in acquiring key acquisitions such as icebreakers and helicopters, excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and an "erosion of trust" over the mishandling and cover-up of Operation ...

 Washington Examiner: At the hands of President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin , the nation has witnessed one foreign policy disaster after the next. The duo’s catastrophic decision-making and military execution has left Americans dead, our military vulnerable, and our adversaries emboldened. To right the ship and steer America back on course, the next defense secretary must be a new kind of leader, one that will restore a foreign policy strategy of deterrence and peace through strength. Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the job and the new kind of leader we need. It comes as no surprise, however, that as the Senate Armed Services Committee prepares for Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, Democrats are deploying their familiar playbook of objections. But their arguments ring hollow given the department’s track record under their watch. Let us examine the facts: Under Austin’s tenure, the Pentagon failed four audit...

 National Review: The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Trump transition team is drafting an executive order to “create a board to purge general officers.” Such a board, the article’s subhead warned, “could upend military review process and raise concerns about politicization of military.” To the first suggestion, on upending the military review process, you will find no shortage of active-duty service members who say, “Hell to the yes.” On the second, the Biden administration’s stewardship of the Pentagon — from throwing it into the abortion debate, to mandating force-wide diversity, equity, inclusion seminars, to promoting climate activism at the expense of real-world mission requirements, to quixotic campaigns to weed out domestic extremists, the list goes on — represents the most extreme politicization of U.S. military forces in modern history. Therein is the inherent challenge that Republicans face in the courtrooms of newsrooms — radical progressive policies are c...

  Miranda Devine @mirandadevine The same Pentagon that refused to carry out President Trump’s sensible request for troops to keep the Capitol safe ahead of a big protest on Jan 6 2021 behaved completely differently seven months later when they complied with President Biden’s absurd request to abandon Bagram air base and conduct evacuations from Afghanistan out of a little unprotected civilian airport in Kabul - with predictably disastrous consequences, including the deaths of 13 US service members and the maiming of dozens more Quote Miranda Devine @mirandadevine · 1h Bombshell transcripts: Trump urged use of troops to protect Capitol on Jan. 6 , but was rebuffed ⁦ @jsolomonReports ⁩ ⁦ @JustTheNews ⁩ https:// justthenews.com/accountability /watchdogs/bombshell-transcripts-trump-urged-use-troops-protect-capitol-jan-6-was … 6:21 AM · Sep 24, 2024 · 20.4K Views Trump was clearly a smarter president than Biden and the leadership of the US military is looking as dim-witted as Biden. S...

 DC Daily Journal: Being commander-in-chief is too much for President Biden. He is way in over his head. Because Joe Biden’s Air Force has collapsed and is forced to make a historically bad decision. In a policy shift announced on Wednesday, the Air Force will be re-activating upwards of 1,000 previously retired airmen to fill important roles, alleviating the service’s recruitment crisis. The Air Force announced that former officers and high-ranking enlisted individuals who served in highly skilled jobs are now eligible to reapply for the Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program, which was revived by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. The Air Force is facing “critical manning shortages,” and this action is part of “an effort to leverage the talents” of service retirees, according to the statement. Lt. Gen. Caroline Miller, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, stated that the program taps “into a valuable resource of retired members to fill critical...

 Red State: You would think that the Department of Defense (DoD) would have their hands full right now. The war between Russia and Ukraine drags on, war between Israel and Hamas continues, and China continues its saber-rattling over "reunification" with Taiwan. The United States might not be directly involved in all of those conflicts, but we will have some role to play. The Defense Department is concerned about terrorism. But before you get excited over the fact that there might be  someone  at the DoD with their priorities straight, think again. They are not worried about the thousands of potential terrorists sneaking across the southern border. They are worried about home-grown terrorists, you know, the right-wing kind.    ... The DoD's Office of Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) supervises overseas special operations. Recently,  they invited "all" office  employees to hear Bruce Hoffman, a professor at Georgetown University and sen...