According to the World Wide Web, the official US military account announced on the 3rd that Brian Fenton, a four-star general of the US Army and commander of the Special Operations Command, announced his resignation on the afternoon of the 2nd local time.
According to public information, 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, U.S. Defense Secretary Hagerseth publicly declared to the generals attending the Global Conference of U.S. Military Generals: "If you don't agree with my views, you can leave. Those who are not satisfied with what I said can announce their resignation immediately."
At the conference, U.S. President Trump also stated that “who wants to go, can go.”
In May this year, Hergezs proposed to reduce the number of four-star officers by 20 percent and the number of generals in the National Guard by at least 20 percent, explaining that “an increase in the number of generals and generals would not bring more success.”
Combined with Trump’s remarks on September 30, the public has speculated on the news that the U.S. general announced his resignation at this sensitive moment after the meeting.
According to a report by the US "Capitol Hill" on the 2nd, on October 1, the day after Hagerseth held a lecture, US Air Force Gen. Thomas Bissier applied for retirement.