A senior military planning officer at the Pentagon has been fired.
US Secretary of War Pete Heggest fired Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia this week from his post at the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
🔹 According to The Hill magazine, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the matter who did not want to be named, Sylvia was the head of the strategic, plans and policy-making department of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff known as the "G5." The reason for the dismissal of this military official has not yet been determined.
According to Hill, it is not yet clear who will replace Sylvia.