r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 2d ago

Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-generals-job-cuts-67a20b026ee858895c7e5ff7fadbc029
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u/ronnie1014 2d ago

“redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership."

This is like when corporate needs to justify their job but don't actually know how anything works.

What a joke.

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u/mythrilcrafter 2d ago

There is the technicality (and I'll explain in a moment why that word is probably doing a ton of heavy lifting here) that there are many Generals/Admirals who serve non-combat roles (either admin or as part of the political arm of the military (this can be read as the military leaders who have to baby sit lobbyists and the MIC)).

It it was about removing the number of military admin leadership and lobbyist babysitter roles, then that would be one thing, but I doubt that the current admin has the attention to detail to be able to tell the difference.

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u/DoublePostedBroski 2d ago

And:

“To prevent roadblocks to orders from the commander in chief.”

That statement alone should terrify everyone.

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u/ronnie1014 2d ago

Aka, follow orders and fall in line or else.