Pentagon chief set to announce additional cuts in senior officer positions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to announce a 20 percent reduction in authorized general- and flag-officer positions, two US officials said. The plan would double the minimum 10 percent reduction outlined previously and would be implemented mainly by eliminating billets or assigning some future jobs a lower rank rather than immediately dismissing every incumbent. The measure still awaits formal announcement, leaving its service-by-service distribution, timetable, exemptions, and final personnel effects unavailable. Implementation could reduce headquarters layers, but its effect on command quality and workload will depend on which billets change.