US EditionU.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan leaving Trump administration: Pentagon
Hung Cao will serve as acting secretary as the Navy faces shipbuilding pressure and a wartime deployment in the Middle East, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is departing the administration effective immediately. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said the department is 'grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy'.
- Reports suggest Phelan's exit followed months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over shipbuilding reform speeds. The Pentagon provided no official reason, though sources indicate Phelan was fired.
- Undersecretary Hung Cao, a 25-year Navy veteran with combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia, assumes the acting secretary role. Cao's military background contrasts sharply with Phelan, a businessman who lacked prior service.
- The Navy maintains a blockade of Iranian ports and three aircraft carriers deployed in or heading to the Middle East amid a delicate ceasefire. This leadership transition raises questions about command stability during sensitive operations.
- Phelan's departure marks the latest in a series of Pentagon leadership changes under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who removed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George in April. Hegseth has fired over a dozen senior military officers since taking office.
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US Navy Secretary John Phelan leaves the Trump administration, announced Wednesday the Pentagon. His departure will take effect "immediately," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, in a post on social networks, reports BBC.
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US Navy Secretary John Phelan resigns as Iran's naval blockade continues
Amid clouds of uncertainty over the ongoing tensions with Iran, the Pentagon on Wednesday (local time) announced that US Secretary of Navy John Phelan will leave the office "immediately". However, it didn't provide an explanation behind Phelan's sudden exit. "Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter). "On behalf of the …
Pete Hegseth had announced that the U.S. military would be rebuilt. Now the Navy is losing its head in the middle of the Iran war. Critics see this as a danger. US Marine Secretary John Phelan has resigned from office, according to the Pentagon. Phelan "disappears from the government with immediate effect," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell declared in online service X, without mentioning any reasons. The office is occupied by Under-Secretary Hung…
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