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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,188 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:21 PM 13 hrs ago

Fox's Jen Griffin Reports Pete Hegseth Ordered Sudden Firing of Top Army Officer -- Adding to Climate of 'Fear' Among

Military Brass

There is a climate of “fear, uncertainty, and unwillingness to speak up” growing among military brass after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth forced out a top army officer, according to a report by Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin.

According to Griffin’s report, the ousted officer is Army Col. Dave Butler, who was serving as Chief of Army Public Affairs and chief advisor to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.




Driscoll is currently in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the Ukraine negotiating team, and Hegseth demanded that he fire Butler last Thursday, Griffin reported. The Army Secretary is viewed as a “close ally” to Vice President JD Vance, having attended Yale Law School with him, and “resisted Hegseth’s pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army,” Griffin wrote, reporting how Butler was actually on a list to be promoted, not fired:

Butler served as the head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs when Gen. Mark Milley was chairman, and was slated to receive his first star. His name appeared for two years in a row on an Army list of 34 officers selected for promotion.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-jen-griffin-reports-pete-152524568.html
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Fox's Jen Griffin Reports Pete Hegseth Ordered Sudden Firing of Top Army Officer -- Adding to Climate of 'Fear' Among (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP
Soon to come... kwolf68 13 hrs ago #1
And............ Red Mountain 13 hrs ago #2
They think their problem is messaging, bwahahaha C_U_L8R 13 hrs ago #3
only Trump whores need apply Skittles 12 hrs ago #4

C_U_L8R

(49,165 posts)
3. They think their problem is messaging, bwahahaha
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:37 PM
13 hrs ago

Poor dopes can’t recognize their own failing strategery and asinine policies that totally stink up the joint.
But sure, go ahead and fire the public affairs guy.

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