This from SecDef Pete Hegseth during an interview with Shannon Bream,
“We won World War II with seven four star generals, Shannon. We have 44 today … Has it created better outcomes or not? We’re challenging a lot of assumptions at the Pentagon to streamline what we do so that we get as many resources as possible to the warfighter.”[1]
So, stop talking, Pete, and start firing people. Arithmetic says, 44-7 = 37. I’m waiting to see 37 generals fired. Otherwise, it’s all just talk and you’re no different from your predecessors.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-administration/
Let's help him out. Here is the Wiki list of Navy Four stars.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers
My picks:
1. Navy nuclear power, downgrade to three-star
2. Navy Europe/Africa, downgrade to three-star
Next up, three stars
China has 30 on-duty top rank generals (3 stars) on its 2 million troops and ~500K central government controlled armed police force.
ReplyDeleteThe three-stars mostly need consolidation.
ReplyDeletehttps://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers#United_States_Marine_Corps
The navy has:
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (N4)
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development (N7)
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N8
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities (N9)
I'd merge two of those. It's like someone dreamed up jobs for three-stars!
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers#United_States_Marine_Corps
ReplyDeleteMarines don't need a three-star in charge of "information" and strategic forces it don't have. Probably don't need even a one-star for this.
Deputy Commandant for Information (DCI) and
Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command (MARFORSTRAT)
And it don't need two three-stars in Quantico for education and training and development. Merge them.
Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM)
Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration (DC, CD&I) and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC)
TECOM, MCCDC, and the Warfighting Labs need to be merged under the game 3 star in order to develop COPONS and make our training mirror our doctrine and our future procurement priorities mirror our doctrine.
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