Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Monday ordering a sweeping cut of general and officer ranks across the armed ...

In a memo on Monday, Hegseth ordered a 20 percent reduction in the number of four-star generals and admirals – currently the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday directed sweeping cuts to the ranks of general and flag officers across the U.S.

In a memo released Monday, Hegseth argued that senior leaders should be "unencumbered by unnecessary bureaucratic layers that ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has already fired a raft of military leaders, many of them women and people of color, ...

Hegseth said he wanted to "streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions." ...

Hegseth, in a memo and video laying out his moves, said the reductions will entail a 20 percent cut to the ranks of four-star generals and admirals and 10 percent of the military’s more than 800 ...