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Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command
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Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command
Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore and Rear Adm. Milton Jamie Sands were removed from leadership positions after just a year on the job.
NICHOLAS SLAYTON
AUG 23, 2025 7:01 AM EDT

Rear Adm. Milton "Jamie" Sands III and Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore. U.S. Navy photos; Task & Purpose composite.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired two more senior military officials, relieving the heads of the Navy Reserve and Naval Special Warfare Command of their positions.
A Navy official confirmed the firings to Task & Purpose. Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, and Rear Adm. Milton Jamie Sands III, head of Naval Special Warfare Command, had each been in their leadership roles for a year. USNI News first reported on their removals.
No reason for the firings was given by the Navy official. They were the latest in a string of high-profile firings in the Department of Defense on Aug. 22.
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Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command
Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore and Rear Adm. Milton Jamie Sands were removed from leadership positions after just a year on the job.
NICHOLAS SLAYTON
AUG 23, 2025 7:01 AM EDT

Rear Adm. Milton "Jamie" Sands III and Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore. U.S. Navy photos; Task & Purpose composite.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired two more senior military officials, relieving the heads of the Navy Reserve and Naval Special Warfare Command of their positions.
A Navy official confirmed the firings to Task & Purpose. Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, and Rear Adm. Milton Jamie Sands III, head of Naval Special Warfare Command, had each been in their leadership roles for a year. USNI News first reported on their removals.
No reason for the firings was given by the Navy official. They were the latest in a string of high-profile firings in the Department of Defense on Aug. 22.
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Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sunday
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Irish_Dem
(73,521 posts)1. Trump deliberately firing military experts.
Degrading the US military every day.
BoRaGard
(7,154 posts)2. repubes hollowing out America's defenses
wtf are they up to, weakening America this way?
Hey Joe
(192 posts)3. Because we can't have qualified, honest
personnel in positions that require integrity and commitment to the constitution in these positions, can we?
More enshittification, served up daily