Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy's top officer, fired by Hegseth
Heather Miller
Sat, February 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM PST
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The Brief
- A purge at the Pentagon continued Friday with the firings of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the highest-ranking Navy officer and the Air Force vice chief of staff.
- Trump is removing most officials from the Biden administration even though many of those positions are meant to carry over from one administration to the next.
Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations for the U.S. Navy, has been fired by
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The firing of Franchetti, the highest-ranking officer in the Navy, came shortly after
President Donald Trump announced he had fired
Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump said he's nominating retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to be the next chairman.
