INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Members of President-elect Donald Trump&s transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon, Reuters reported.The planning for the
firings is at an early stage after Trump&s Nov
5 election victory and could change as Trump&s administration takes shape, said the sources, who are familiar with the Trump transition and
requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans.One of the sources questioned the feasibility of a mass firing at the Pentagon.It was
also unclear if Trump himself would endorse the plan, although in the past he has railed extensively against defense leaders who have
Trump has also spoken during the campaign of [USN:L1N3MD1PE TEXT:&firing &woke& generals&] and those responsible for the troubled 2021
pullout from Afghanistan.The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to request for comment.The second source said the incoming
administration would likely focus on U.S
military officers seen as connected to Mark Milley, Trump&s former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, read the report.Milley was quoted
in the book &War& by Bob Woodward, which was published last month, calling Trump &fascist to the core& and Trump&s allies have targeted him
for perceived disloyalty to the former president.&Every single person that was elevated and appointed by Milley will be gone,& the second
source said.&There&s a very detailed list of everybody that was affiliated with Milley
And they will all be gone.&The Joint Chiefs of Staff include the highest ranking officers in the U.S
military and comprise the heads of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard and Space Force.The disclosure of plans to fire senior
armed forces comes a day after Trump [USN:S0N3M808W TEXT:&picked as his defense secretary Pete Hegseth&], a Fox News commentator and veteran
who has signaled a willingness to clean house at the Pentagon.&The next president of the United States needs to radically overhaul Pentagon
senior leadership to make us ready to defend our nation and defeat our enemies
Lots of people need to be fired,& Hegseth said in his 2024 book &The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.&It is
unclear if Hegseth&s lack of management experience could complicate his Senate confirmation and if a more traditional alternative for the
position would carry out such sweeping dismissals.Hegseth has also taken aim at Milley&s successor, Air Force General C.Q
Brown, asking whether he would have gotten the job if he were not Black, Reuters reported.&Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill?
We&ll never know, but always doubt & which on its face seems unfair to CQ
But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn&t really much matter,& he wrote.The first source familiar
with the transition planning said Brown would be among the many officers to leave.&The chiefs of the Joint Chiefs and all the vice chiefs
will be fired immediately,& the source said, before noting that this was still only early planning.Some current and former U.S
officials have played down the possibility of such a major shakeup, saying it would be unnecessary and disruptive at a time of global
turmoil with wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East.The first source said that it would be difficult bureaucratically to fire and
replace a large swath of senior U.S
military officials, suggesting the planning could be bluster and posturing by Trump allies.But the second source suggested the Trump camp
believed the Joint Chiefs of Staff needed to shrink due to perceived bureaucratic over-reach.Such cuts could be endured in an organization
military, the source said.&These people are not irreplaceable
They are very replaceable
And then the other thing too is there is no shortage of people that will step up,& the source said.&In World War Two, we were very rapidly
appointing people in their 30s or people competent to be generals
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