🖋Bahman Kalbasi

🖋Bahman Kalbasi BBC, New York

🔻The resignation of Dan Dreskell, the U.S. Army’s Secretary of Ground Forces, has once again drawn attention to developments in the Pentagon. While Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, has dismissed a number of senior military commanders and officials in recent months, critics say the disagreements are no longer simply about support or opposition to the administration’s policies; rather, they are tied to the extent to which officials have aligned with the Secretary of Defense’s way of managing and making decisions.

These changes have taken place while many of the people who were removed were at the highest levels of command within the U.S. armed forces; from General Randy George, the Chief of Staff of the Army, and General Christopher Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa, to John Falan, the Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Alvin Holsey, the Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, General David Alwin, commander of the Air Force, and General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Dreskell’s resignation has drawn even more attention for the fact that he was among Donald Trump’s appointees and considered close to J.D. Vance, the U.S. vice president. He had previously been praised by the White House for advancing some of Trump’s administration programs. However, his disagreements with Pete Hegseth escalated to such an extent that he ultimately decided to step down. But what were these disagreements about?

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