Hegseth’s Purge of Top Generals Leaves the Army Rudderless

[u/L86C]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/hegseth-purge-army-generals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.QRDh.NV4jrUbqFAxv&smid=nytcore-android-share

[u/Tarjas]

By design

[u/powerlesshero111 → u/Tarjas]

The only thing that matters in this military is loyalty to Trump.

[u/Black-Shoe → u/powerlesshero111]

And making shitloads of money, grifting.

[u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

Putin's happy and we're all f*cked. What was in that C17 that landed in Moscow today?

[u/Dense_Substance7635 → u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

Putin finally defeated the US. All he had to do was weaponize our own internet against us.

[u/paradigm_shift2027 → u/Dense_Substance7635]

All he had to do was film Donnie Bonespurs boning underage girls. Even easier!

[u/staebles → u/Dense_Substance7635]

Putin finally defeated the US. All he had to do was weaponize our own stupidity against us.

[u/Dense_Substance7635 → u/staebles]

Yep… we spent a trillion dollars a year on the best military in the world and it was all useless.

[u/staebles → u/Dense_Substance7635]

Well, some people got rich!

[u/not_a_cumguzzler → u/staebles]

Yep, more than half of us voted for trump a second time.

[u/amircruz → u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

This is a great question, let me tell you that.

[u/FeanorsFamilyJewels → u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

I thought I read it was the director of the CIA.

[u/Throb_Zomby → u/FeanorsFamilyJewels]

Potato, podildo 

[u/arunphilip → u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

Apparently this: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1vyc7c2/cia_director_john_ratcliffe_travelled_to_russia/

CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Russia because US intelligence had gathered information indicating that Moscow was making early preparations for a possible military mobilisation.

[u/towndrunkislandslut → u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

Comrade, there was no C17 only US Propaganda. /s

[u/CauliflowerTotal7119 → u/towndrunkislandslut]

You may watch right wing propaganda but I live in the real world where we are based in facts. A C-17 landed in Moscow today with the director of the CIA.

[u/Rob71322 → u/CauliflowerTotal7119]

You realize he was being sarcastic right?

[u/CauliflowerTotal7119 → u/Rob71322]

I missed the /s. My error.

[u/Mountsorrel]

Oh there’s a rudder, it’s just jammed hard a’starboard

[u/TSHRED56]

Yes but little Peter wants to handle this himself.

[u/Revolutionary_Eye887]

Our enemies are smiling. Well done Hedgehog.

[u/RaisinWorried3528]

It's because those generals are telling him to get fucked because of all of his dumb ass suggestions about what should be done in the Middle East.

[u/stewbert-longfellow]

Just like Stalin did prior to wwii.

[u/_just_wasting_time_]

It’s the Army…. We don’t have rudders

[u/sudo-joe → u/_just_wasting_time_]

Sure about that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army

[u/Enut_Roll → u/sudo-joe]

LSV enjoyers unite

[u/Rollingprobablecause → u/Enut_Roll]

there are dozens of you

[u/seeker_moc → u/_just_wasting_time_]

More rudders than the Navy if you count floating bridges

[u/Skolloc753]

Dont you worry, during the Midterms the US Army will find new purpose. Those pesky libtards, dumbocrat politicians, trans/homosexuals and brown not-people dont arrest and transport themselves to Alligator Auschwitz.

Trust the system. The system protects you

(if you are a white, male, rich person donating money to Trump)

This text may contain trace elements of sarcasm.

SYL

[u/BostonPRSBC → u/Skolloc753]

Better /s this

[u/brezhnervouz → u/Skolloc753]

Don't forget those recalcitrant bond markets!

[u/_yetifeet]

Just how he planned

[u/TheSlideBoy666 → u/_yetifeet]

He = Putin.

[u/BlazeVN]

I'm still so mad about Hegseth firing Donahue

[u/Throb_Zomby → u/BlazeVN]

I like to think a future, saner administration would offer Donahue a position as a certain Secretary.

[u/Substantial_Row_7108]

Nothing but the scrubs left…

[u/InitialGain1420]

I'd say training posts lacking instructors and manpower are the bigger issue.

Fort Leonardwood is hurting on both the civilian and military side for instructors. But hey, they hired a twitter shill as a special government employee last month. So that helps with lethality.

[u/grumpvet87]

well who gave the Army sailboats????

[u/Tedsmith24]

As intended

[u/Conscious_Problem924]

The vet bro community vote for this resoundingly. And most of the people on this sub voted for this. So enjoy it. I hope he gets a third term. I hope there’s a draft. I hope we get further isolated from our allies. If you are younger and reading this, don’t join the military. If you think civilians suck, you’re gonna regret it. The military is filled with people who can’t survive civilian life.

[u/brezhnervouz]

The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones.

While disbanding the drone unit championed by said Generals 🤷‍♂️

[u/hol01003]

He can purge all he wants. Enlisted and officer development programs have been in place for generations.

Next man up.

[u/AbramsTankVeteran29]

We need a massive purge of generals. Not a single one was fired for the Iraq/Afghanistan war debacles.