Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered military planners to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals in the ...

when the US had "17 four and five-star generals." The US military had 37 four-star officers as of September 2023, per a report the Congressional Research Service published in March 2024.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s move to ax the size of the U.S. military’s top ranks has triggered concerns of a political ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the U.S. military to be cut ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a plan to reduce the number of high-ranking officers in the U.S. military.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to reduce the number of four-star generals and admirals in the U.S. military by 20% ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to dismiss 10% of active duty general or flag officers and eliminate 20% of four-star general officer positions in the active-duty military was announced in a ...

Hegseth’s directive, characterized as an effort to rein in a bloated bureaucracy, follows a purge of top military leaders soon after Trump returned to office.

Broward Circuit Judge Edward H. Merrigan Jr., who also served as a two-star general in the U.S. Army, has officially retired from military service after more than three decades.