PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Trump draft executive order would create board to purge generals. The proposed “warrior board” of retired senior military leaders will have the power to review three- and four-star officers and to recommend removals of any deemed unfit for leadership.
If enacted, it could fast-track removal of admirals found to be “lacking in requisite leadership qualities.”
Those identified for removal would be retired at their current rank within 30 days.
In October, Trump said he would create a task force to monitor the “woke generals” and get rid of diversity training in the military.
“They’re gone,” Trump said of those unnamed generals.
One potential target of Trump’s woke housecleaning could be Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During the 2020 George Floyd protests, Brown spoke about the impact that movement had on him.
Trump picks Army veteran and conservative ‘war on woke’ Fox commentator Pete Hegseth as his next Defense Secretary, saying the appointment will help strengthen America’s military.
Hegseth could also be key in implementing the findings of the warrior board’s review.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump had it easy the first time. I don’t know why people say that President-elect Donald Trump is going to face difficult challenges in foreign policy.
EU is looking at ramping up Ukraine aid if Trump pulls plug.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Massachusetts Air National Guard member pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.
POLITICS
Trump picks close ally and former DNI John Ratcliffe for CIA director.
Who is Michael Waltz, Trump’s pick to be national security adviser? A former Green Beret and three-term congressman from Florida, he established himself early as a key hawkish voice on matters of national security.
Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor, is Trump’s choice for ambassador to Israel. The former Christian pastor and staunch Israel supporter would play a crucial role in helping Trump try to end the war in Gaza.
Space and defense sectors brace for potential Trump policy shifts.
Trump is expected to move US Space Command from Colorado to Alabama.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Pacific partnerships are key to preventing war. The personal relationships soldiers are building in dozens of training exercises each year with partners throughout the Indo-Pacific are the true strength of U.S. Army Pacific.
IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL
CHINA THREAT
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russian flotilla, with advanced attack submarine, cruises north of Japan. Russia’s most advanced submarine was spotted for the first time in waters near Japan.
50,000 Russian and North Korean troops mass ahead of attack, U.S. says (NYT).
Kyiv’s backers take comfort in Trump’s Cabinet picks. Ukraine’s supporters are daring to hope that Ukraine might just be alright in the Trump era.
Draft dodgers, volunteers and the complicated situation of military service in Ukraine. “Avoiders” is the term used in Ukraine to refer to its country’s draft dodgers
NORTH KOREA THREAT
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Mine hunting drones. France, UK embrace fully drone-based naval mine hunting with new tech.
US MILITARY
That’s CHAPPIE: Why the Space Force has a nuclear material sniffing robot dog.
Chronic brain trauma is extensive in Navy’s elite speedboat crews. Years of high-speed wave-slamming in the Special Boat Teams can cause symptoms that wreck their careers — and their lives.
END of PDB
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Like ex-CJCS Mark Milley (U.S. Army, Ret.), we cannot have this follow-on Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. (USAF), to continue Milley’s woke policies and degrading the U.S. Armed Forces as the current CJCS. He should be fired on day one of Trump’s second term and replaced with a top-quality general like Mike Flynn (U.S. Army Lt Gen., Ret.), Jack Keane (U.S. Army Gen., Ret.), Ronny Jackson (USN RADM, Ret.), Tom McInerney (USAF Lt. Gen., Ret.), William Boykin (U.S. Army Lt Gen., Ret.), Mike Bucci (USN VADM, Ret.), Paul Vallely (U.S. Army MG, Ret.), and Blaine Holt (USAF BG, Ret.). We need current general or star-rank officers who work to build our military into a well-honed fighting force instead of promoting Woke policies, DEI (better known as DIE), and making “girly men” out of our warfighters.