Day: February 21, 2025

In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy’s top officer, the Air Force vice chief of staff, and the judge advocates general of three service branches.

Mixed reactions emerge from local Pacific Palisades residents as city leaders clash over fire response.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti were removed from their positions late Friday. The Trump administration announced the reliefs in a series of messages on social media and a press statement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Two defense officials also confirmed their removals to USNI News. In a post on the social media network Truth Social, President Donald Trump thanked Brown for his service and announced he would nominate Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to lead the Pentagon. “I want to thank General Charles