Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. 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,
The firings of Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Gen. James Slife follows tonight's removal of Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a startling announcement on Friday, shaking the foundation of the U.S. Navy by dismissing Adm. Lisa Franchetti from her
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the dismissal of Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations, and James C. Slife, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. He issued a statement requesting nominations to fill their vacated positions.
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Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren't well suited for the jobs
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Pete Hegseth Says Quiet Part Out Loud on Why He Fired DoD Lawyers
Military lawyers fear firings will enable Hegseth to bend law
The Pentagon chief said he doesn’t want lawyers who are “roadblocks” to decisions he or military commanders make.
Massacre” targeted inspectors general and his second targeted judge advocates general. The war on accountability continues.
Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, is the second top female military officer to be fired by the Trump administration.
Officials are pushing back on the notion that the Department of Defense has a "list" of flag officers that Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to fire.
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Charles Q. Brown Jr. serves as the president's top military adviser and has been chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since October 2023, his four-year tenure is supposed to end in 2027.
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