According to the official US military account announced on the 3rd, US Army four-star general, special operations command commander Brian Fenton announced his resignation on the afternoon of the 2nd local time. He is the other senior general after U.S. Air Force General Thomas Bisser to resign after U.S. Defense Secretary Hagerseth convened a meeting of all generals.

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Fenton joined the U.S. Army in 1987 as Senior Military Assistant of the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Commander of the Indo-Pacific Command. Since August 2022, Fenton has been the 13th Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, which is responsible for organizing, training and commanding U.S. Special Operations Forces worldwide to carry out various strategic missions.

In his resignation letter, Fenton did not mention the reasons for his resignation or the specific time of the decision, but expressed his gratitude to his colleagues and staff and said he would officially hand over the command by 3 local time.

On September 30, Hergezsett openly declared to the general at the global U.S. General Assembly: "If you do not agree with my point of view, you can leave, and those who are not satisfied with what I said can immediately announce their resignation."In the following speech, U.S. President Trump also stated that "who wants to go, can go," the aforementioned statement made the public have many speculations about the news of the resignation of the U.S. general after the meeting.

According to a report by the US "Capitol Hill" on the 2nd, on October 1st, the day after Hegseth's meeting and lecture, US Air Force General Thomas Bissier applied for retirement. As for the reason for Fenton's resignation, some voices said that he was dissatisfied with the current US military leadership, but others said that he had planned to step down before.