U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has declared war on the Pentagon’s top brass. In a bold move, he’s slashing the ranks of senior military officials, with 4-star generals now facing the axe. As President Trump’s second term kicks off, Hegseth is reshaping the Department of Defense with a brutal overhaul that could forever change the future of the U.S. military. Watch as Hegseth’s purge sends shockwaves through the Pentagon, sparking fierce debate over military leadership and the path forward.
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00:00is general and flag officer reductions. That's the official title. My title is less generals,
00:07more GIs. It's a minimum of 20% reduction of four-star and flag officers for active duty
00:13elements and a minimum of 20% reduction of general and flag officers in the National Guard Bureau.
00:20We confront a complex and evolving threat environment. We cannot afford to wait.
00:25We're back with more DoD reforms. This one is general and flag officer reductions. That's
00:32the official title. My title is less generals, more GIs. It's a historic one, and it's in keeping
00:40with President Trump's commitment to achieving peace through strength. We're going to shift
00:44resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters. Let's take a bit of a trip down
00:51memory lane. In history, when we were fighting across the globe during World War II, we had a
00:56force that was 12 million strong. For that 12 million man element, we had 17 four- and five-star
01:03generals. Today, we have 2.1 million service members with 44 four-star and flag officers. So it used to
01:12be a ratio of one general to 6,000 troops. Today, it's one general to 1,400. More generals and admirals
01:20does not equal more success. Now, this is not a slash-and-burn exercise meant to punish high-ranking
01:26officers. Nothing could be further from the truth. This has been a deliberative process working with
01:33the Joint Chiefs of Staff with one goal, maximizing strategic readiness and operational effectiveness
01:39by making prudent reductions in the general and flag officer ranks. So there's two phases here.
01:45Phase one, we're looking at our current service structure. And in phase two, it's a strategic
01:51review of the Unified Command Plan. Now, this is going to be, we think, the most comprehensive
01:58review since the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. That was a generational
02:04change in combat command structures, planning, training, geographic areas of responsibility,
02:10mission, and operational responsibilities. So as I said, it's going to happen in two phases.
02:15The result of phase one is a minimum of 20% reduction of four-star and flag officers for
02:21active duty elements and a minimum of 20% reduction of general and flag officers in the National Guard
02:27Bureau. Phase two will produce a minimum of an additional 10% reduction of overall general and
02:35flag officers throughout the DOD in conjunction with a realignment of the Unified Command Plan.
02:40It's going to be done carefully, but it's going to be done expeditiously. We confront a complex and
02:47evolving threat environment. We cannot afford to wait. We've got to be lean and mean. And in this case,
02:54it means general officer reductions.
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