President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have reshaped the senior military ranks during their first few months in office.
While they have not provided detailed explanations behind why the senior leaders were relieved of their duties, many of them had publicly supported the Biden administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, which both Trump and Hegseth have said need to be removed.
Trump and Hegseth have railed against such efforts, with the secretary saying early in his tenure, “I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength.’” Simultaneously, they have repeatedly spoken about redeveloping the military as a meritocracy.
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Fagan, the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. armed
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