
US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth claimed to have reduced the number of generals and admirals in the US army by 20% during a speech at the Quantico military base in Virginia, specifying that a first reduction of 10% had been announced in May 2025 and that he had ordered an additional reduction of 10%.
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A first reduction of 10% in the number of generals and admirals was announced in May 2025.
US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday he had reduced the number of generals and admirals in the army by 20%, in a speech from a military base in Virginia (east).
An initial 10% reduction in the number of generals and admirals, the highest ranking officers in the American army, was announced in May 2025 and “I know, because I ordered it, that we have reduced the total number of positions (...) by 10% more, so yes, that's 20%,” declared Pete Hegseth in front of an audience of soldiers at the Quantico base.

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