The U.S. General Assembly, convened by Secretary of Defence Hertz, was held on September 30 at the Naval Corps Base in Pettyko, Virginia. Hundreds of senior U.S. military generals stationed around the world have been urgently recalled to listen to Hertz and U.S. President Trump¡¯s instructions.

At this "mobilizing people" conference, Hegseth announced new instructions such as "improving physical fitness standards" and "comprehensively reforming the complaint and investigation process in the military", while Trump delivered a wide-ranging speech for more than an hour. According to the website of the US "Capitol Hill" daily newspaper, several senior US military generals resigned one after another after the meeting.

Senior U.S. Air Force General announces retirement

Hours after the U.S. generals 'conference in Hegseth, senior U.S. Air Force commander Thomas Bussier announced that he was retiring for "personal and family reasons."

In a Facebook post, Bussil said he had taken a ¡°solemn and difficult decision¡± after careful consideration and ¡°for personal and family reasons, I requested to withdraw from the U.S. Air Force.¡±

In July, the Trump administration nominated Bushill as the next Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, but the American Aviation Weekly in early September that the nomination had been withdrawn.

"If you feel discouraged by what I said today, then you should make a decent choice-resign," Hagerseth told the generals of various services at the U.S. Army General Conference.

In August this year, the U.S. Air Force announced that Air Force Chief of Staff David Allwin would retire in November. The position is served for four years, with Allwin serving only two years by November.

The Trump administration has nominated Kenneth Wilsbach as the next chief of staff of the Air Force. Wilsbach is a four-star general and a fighter pilot with long flying experience.

The Special Operations Command commander is also retired.

General Brian Fenton, commander of the US Special Operations Command, retired on the 3rd.

The U.S. Special Operations Command is headquartered at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. The command is responsible for training, organizing and equipping special forces from the Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps to carry out missions against "state and non-state actors to protect and advance U.S. policies and objectives."

In August 2022, Fenton succeeded retired four-star Army General Richard D. Clark as commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.

In the letter, Fenton, a former commander of Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said: "We have faced a rapidly changing global security environment over the past three years."

Defence Secretary Hergezs¡¯s adviser Christina Yellow said on social platform X on Sunday night that Lieutenant Fenton had long planned to retire and had nothing to do with the defence minister¡¯s speech.

Top U.S. Navy official fired

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Haggers fired Navy Chief of Staff John Harrison on 3rd, a blow to the insider who helped modify the internal rules to fit the Trump administration¡¯s defense agenda vision.

Prior to Harrison's dismissal, the Senate had approved the appointment of Gauguin (Sound) as Deputy Secretary of the Navy. President Trump appointed Gauguin as Civil Officer No. 2 of the Navy Department only after Navy Secretary John Farron.

Harrison and Phelan supported Hegseth's risk of pursuing new military policies, canceling numerous outside contract agreements, and reassigning aides.

"Jon Harrison will no longer serve as chief of staff of the Department of the Navy," a Defense Department official said in a statement to reporters. We thank him for his service at the Admiralty."

Prior to serving as head of the Naval Office, Harrison was appointed chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission by Trump in 2020.

Source: Comprehensive Reference News