JUST IN: Amid Iran War, Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Forces Out Army Chief Gen. Randy George and Other Senior Officers Due to Fears of Losing His Job….Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George review troops during the POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 19, 2025.

The Trump administration has fired army chief of staff General Randy George and two other senior figures, officials said Friday, in a surprise shake-up just as U.S. forces are locked in a major war against Iran.

There was little in the way of a public explanation for sacking George, a highly decorated veteran who oversaw the army at a time when the United States is more than a month into a punishing bombing campaign against Iran that Trump says will continue several weeks more.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell posted a statement on X late Thursday that George “will be retiring from his position… effective immediately.”

During a nearly four-decade military career, George deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times and also served in positions including vice chief of staff of the army and senior military assistant to then-defense secretary Lloyd Austin during Joe Biden’s term as president.

The army’s vice chief of staff General Christopher LaNeve will take over as acting chief of staff, CBS reported.