Counterattack General Hegseth's army! Vice Admiral Lacol, who was dismissed without reason, was elected to the House of Representatives wearing a blue robe

Lieutenant General Lacour, who has served in the U.S. Navy for more than 35 years, was dismissed by Defense Secretary Hergseth without warning last year. Now he is elected to the House of Representatives wearing a Democratic Party jersey. (AFP file photo)

[Reporter Tu Jumin/Comprehensive Report] US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drastically replaced senior military generals last year. Unexpectedly, one of them would take revenge! Retired Lieutenant General Nancy Lacore, who once served as commander of the U.S. Naval Reserve, was dismissed without warning in August last year. This year, she switched to the Democratic Party and ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in South Carolina’s 1st District. In the end, Lacore defeated her Republican opponent by about 3,300 votes, flipping the seat that the Republican Party had long held, and allowing her to move from the Pentagon to the Hall of Congress.

According to multiple US media reports, LaCour will have a fierce confrontation with Republican candidate Jenny Costa Honeycutt in the midterm election on November 3. According to the current unofficial vote count, Lacol received about 49.7% of the votes and Honeycutt received 48.6%. The difference between the two sides was only about 3,300 votes. Lacol announced his victory on the 4th, saying that his opponent's camp had admitted defeat. Republican Representative Nancy Mace from the original district also publicly congratulated her. However, the election results have yet to be officially confirmed.

Lieutenant General Lacolle in uniform. (Taken from the U.S. Navy official website)

LaColle has 35 years of military experience. He obtained the U.S. Navy pilot qualification in 1993. He served in a helicopter combat support squadron and accumulated approximately 1,300 flight hours. She has served as deputy commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet and chief of staff of Naval Forces Europe and Africa Command. She has also been stationed in Afghanistan and Djibouti, Africa. In August 2024, she was promoted to the 16th Naval Reserve Commander, commanding approximately 59,000 reserve officers and soldiers.

However, Lacol was dismissed from his post on August 22, 2025, less than a year after taking office. At that time, the U.S. Navy confirmed that she and Naval Special Warfare Commander Milton Sands had been replaced on the same day, but did not disclose the specific reasons, and it was impossible for the outside world to confirm whether personal negligence was involved. When Lacol announced his candidacy in January this year, he bluntly stated that he had served for decades and was eventually removed from his post "without justifiable reasons," but he still hoped to continue serving the country.

It is worth noting that South Carolina’s 1st District originally favored the Republican Party. Mace won the election in 2024 with a margin of more than 16 percentage points. This year, he did not seek re-election because he switched to the gubernatorial election. LaCour's success in flipping the district this time not only became an electoral gain for the Democratic Party, but also gave the former Navy lieutenant general who was replaced by Hegseth the opportunity to oversee defense policy as a member of Congress in the future, creating a sharp political contrast.