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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, submitted his paperwork to retire after a little over a year in his position, a Pentagon official told The Hill.

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The shift follows months of exits from top military leaders since the start of the second Trump administration.

The 56-year-old commander was widely seen as the potential next chief of staff of the Army but a clash with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deterred his ability to climb the ranks, sources told CBS.

Donahue is regarded as the last soldier to leave Kabul, the Afghan capital, during the U.S.'s 2021 withdrawal.

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"He's a West Point graduate, with a military education that includes time at the Naval War College to the U.S. Army War College Fellowship at Harvard University, according to his biography.

Donahue is leaving as President Trump pushes to withdraw soldiers from Europe, which has raised concerns among lawmakers, and as the White House plays hardball with NATO over defense spending.

His departure follows Hegseth's decision to ask Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down in April and Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield was fired within the same month."

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Obviously too competent and patriotic for this Administration.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-24 11:57 AM | Reply

My niece's husband is a commander in the US Navy. He has just submitted his paperwork for retirement. Before this shitshow took office he was planning on re-upping. He has been working 7 days a week 14 hours a day since February because his expertise is the Middle East. He has had enough of the chaos.

So much talent is being chased out of the government by these assholes it is going to come back to bite us in the ass big time in the future.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-24 12:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

My thoughts immediately go to "this is exactly what Putin wants" when I see these stories or mass firings at the FBI or DNI.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-24 12:08 PM | Reply

The longterm negative consequences rippling out from this trainwreck of maladministration will not be repaired. Coped with? Hopefully. Work-arounds figured out? Perhaps. But a nation simply does not "come back" from the shredding this one has been taking at the hands of Trump, his investors, enablers, and mob of deplorables.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-24 12:15 PM | Reply

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