Top General Fired by Trump Administration Criticizes Use of Military for Political Missions
Brown and co-authors say domestic troop deployments pull the armed forces from combat readiness and strain civil-military relations, citing thousands of Guard troops and Marines.
- In The Foreign Affairs op-ed published Friday, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown criticized using the military for political missions, warning that prioritizing military solutions diverts the force from its primary combat mission.
- President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have expanded military deployments to crack down on crime in Washington and Los Angeles, following Pentagon firings that removed experienced officers from promotion lists.
- Brown co-authored the piece with Duke political science professor Peter Feaver and North Carolina lawyer Andrew Kragie, emphasizing that military professionalism requires nonpartisanship. At the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Brown expressed concern that removals threaten career advancement for serving officers.
- On Thursday, Hegseth defended National Guard deployments in Washington during protests, calling demonstrators 'ingrates' who fail to see the 'common sense' in the exercise. Meanwhile, Gen. Chris Donahue relinquished his post as top Army officer in Europe after the Pentagon downgraded his command.
- Addressing America's 250th anniversary in the op-ed, the authors urged service members to honor their oath to the Constitution rather than political leaders, framing this milestone as a moment to rejuvenate the national interdependence the founders proclaimed.
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Top general fired by Trump administration criticizes use of military for political missions
The former top US general whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last year offered a sharp criticism of the Trump administration in an op-ed published Friday, pointing to its political use of the military, such as deploying troops to clamp down on crime in major cities.
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Hindustan TimesFormer Top General Warns the Military Is Being Politicized
“CQ Brown, the retired general forced out of his post as the nation’s top military officer last year, has provided his most direct critique of the Trump administration’s handling of the U.S. military, questioning the deployment of troops in U.S. cities and warning against tainting the armed forces’ service with politics,” the Wall Street Journal […]
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