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| Hegseth fires Defense Intelligence Agency chief, other senior Pentagon officials |
| 2025-08-23 |
| [FoxNews] Defense Secretary dismisses Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore and Rear Adm. Milton Sands. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which issued an assessment on U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, as well as other senior military officials. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the DIA, a senior defense official told Fox News Digital on Friday. The firing came months after DIA details of the preliminary assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer were leaked to the news media. The assessment questioned the effectiveness of the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. In addition to Kruse, Hegseth removed Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, the chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command. "Effective immediately, Rear Admiral Milton ‘Jamie’ Sands III will no longer serve as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command," a Navy official said. "Effective immediately, Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore will no longer serve as the Chief of Navy Reserve." Lacore led around 59,000 reserve component personnel in the Navy and the Marine Corps. As a Naval aviator, she has 1,300 flight hours in military aircraft and was commanding officer of the U.S. base in Djibouti before becoming Chief of the Navy Reserve. The reason she was fired is unknown. Sands was a Navy SEAL who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He was the Chief of Staff for U.S. Special Operations Command, Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, and Commander of Naval Service Training Command. The reason he was fired is unknown. Trump has fired other military officials in recent months, including Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as the Navy’s top officer, the Air Force’s second highest-ranking officer, and the top lawyers for three military service branches. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 I remember when Clapper ran DIA. Just sayin'.... |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-08-23 10:26 |
| #2 I remember going to a restaurant in Brazil where they gave me a coaster with alternate red and green sides so that I could indicate to my server whether I wanted more of certain kinds of entrees. I am currently displaying the green side of my imaginary coaster. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-08-23 09:08 |
| #1 ...In all honesty, if they were appointed during the Biden Administration, they should be shown the door. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-08-23 07:17 |