No Chief of Staff for Months: Hegseth on a Head-Chopping Spree - and the US Army in Trouble
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is firing senior Army officials one after another, in what appears to be a deliberate policy. Now it seems the US Army is left with a significant void in…
Assessment
The U.S. military is operating without a chief of staff for months, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is systematically firing senior officers. This is not a routine leadership gap. It looks like a deliberate decapitation of the military's command structure. The question is whether this creates dangerous vulnerabilities or clears the way for a new doctrine. Watch for congressional reaction and whether a nominee emerges.