Turmoil in the Pentagon: Senior General and Top Military Planner Fired Amid Escalating Iran Tensions

10/29/2026

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired US ⁠Army ⁠Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, a senior military ⁠planner on the Pentagon's Joint Staff, over...

10/29/2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired US Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, a senior military planner on the Pentagon's Joint Staff, over accusations he leaked classified information to the...

10/29/2026

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, a defence official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that comes even as...

10/29/2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's senior military planner as the Trump administration contemplates more strikes on Iran.

10/29/2026

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a defence official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that comes even as...

10/29/2026

The defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters, said there is no immediate replacement for Mr. Sylvia and no reason has been given for the firing

10/29/2026

General Brett Sylvia was sacked as the US military is preparing for possible resumption of mass bombings of Iran The Pentagon has fired its top military strategist as Washington draws up...

10/29/2026

Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia was removed as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

10/29/2026

Hegseth has once again fired a top general as the Army is preparing for renewed hostilities in Iran. No reason was given for Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia's firing.

10/29/2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday

10/29/2026

Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, the Pentagon’s top military planner, becomes the latest to leave post at a perilous moment in which President Donald Trump is openly musing on the resumption of...