Rebecca Grant: This is how pentagon purges can be successful

Even with Dogle in motion, the layoffs of President of General Chief of Staff CQ Brown and Naval Head of Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti Stunned Washington.

In part, that is because no one was fired due to national security problems during the Biden years, even when they deserved it. It is not for the withdrawal of failed Afghanistan, not because of the bad estimates on Russia’s intentions in Ukraine, not for the open southern border, not even for the period of nuclear control and control when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the hospital .

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Of course, the presidents have shot the generals before. President Donald Trump dismissed Lieutenant General HR McMaster, an active service army officer who served as National Security Advisor until March 2018. Ex President Obama fired General Stanley Mcchrystal In 2010 due to the comments made to Rolling stone. And who can forget the dismissal of former President Truman General Douglas MacArthur, after speculating the press about the use of 50 atom bombs in China during the Korean War in 1951.

The fact is that four -star officers know that they can be allowed to go at any time. It is a work risk.

To be clear, Brown leaves with great credit for the way he gathered the American air power to defend Israel against the two vicious attacks of unmanned planes of Iran last year. At one time, each type of fighter in the US Air Force inventory Brown’s work.

However, Friday’s shots in the Pentagon can succeed if they lead to better preparation against China. My true concern here is the Navy. This is a critical moment, and the Navy needs a great need for strong leadership.

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See, Adm. Franchetti was not the only sailor to walk on the board this week. In case you have lost it, the officer in command of the USS aircraft Harry S. Truman He felt relieved on February 20, after his 90,000 tons ship scraped the paint with an Egyptian cargo ship near the port, he said in the Mediterranean. That is not supposed to happen absolutely. Captain Christopher Hill, a Topgun naval flight officer with the so -called “Chowdah” signal due to its Massachusetts roots. Hill will temporarily command both his ship, the USS EisenhowerOnly back to fight in the Red Sea, and the Truman.

The Navy has a problem greater than collisions. The Navy needs more than ever to dissuade China. But two of the next carriers, CVN-80 and CVN-81, are behind the expected while they expect large pieces of molds and more workers in the shipyards. We are talking about the most unique and effective fighting platform in the United States for the Pacific.

With the open CNO space, President Trump needs a transport admiral to intervene. 25 years have passed since a naval aviator led as head of naval operations. During that period of time, China has built hundreds of new ships of the Navy, including three aircraft carriers, and now raises a serious threat to the Pacific. In response, the Navy is adding drones to the transport roofs and preparing to present an advanced and secret program of a new combat plane, providing the first new Strike fighter based on the carrier with a design of the pure Navy since the decade of 1980. The Navy needs a firm hand to get more combat power.

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And yes, for skeptics, aircraft carriers can survive and fight even in the hypersonics era. Recent technological developments, from the defense of AEGIS terminal antimiles to the standard missile-6 in the superhornet F/A-18EF to cold things that involve spatial superiority, will keep the bearer in the fight and hit the enemy strongly. Don’t take my word for it. Captain Hill mentioned above has called for rapid march Nimitz and Ford-The class class ever built “class. In the war, “when the US air bases. On land are being beaten by cruise and artillery missiles, aircraft carriers will be moving,” he wrote for the US Naval Institute. UU. Blog In 2020.

That is the spirit.

The construction of the Navy to deter China demands exceptional leadership and a high priority when preparing to fight. Hopefully President Trump’s next option to provide it.

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