Minutes later, Hegseth released a statement announcing he’d fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the chief of the Navy. The removal of the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general ...

Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint Chiefs chairman, who is Black ...

In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's top officer, the Air Force vice chief ... who is Black -- to the president.

In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general ...