🔶 The guest fired the Pentagon's top military planning official.
A US defense official told the AP that US Defense Secretary Pete Gast has fired the Pentagon's top military planning official.
This dismissal is the latest in a series of dismissals of generals in the American army and it takes place in a situation where, according to some reports, Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is considering renewed attacks on Iran in the midst of a war that has passed eight months since its beginning.
According to this report, Brett Sylvia has been removed as the head of the Strategy, Planning and Policy Department of the US Army's Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is the second general to be removed from this position, known in military circles as J5, during the time of the Guest Office.
Before him, Lt. Gen. Joseph McGee was forced to retire last October. The defense official, who spoke to the Associated Press about sensitive personnel issues on the condition of anonymity, says that a replacement for Sylvia has not been named at this time, and no reason for his dismissal has been announced. The "Atlantic" magazine also reported this news earlier.