type: timeline_event President Trump fires Joint Chiefs Chairman General Charles Q. Brown Jr. and Defense Secretary Hegseth subsequently dismisses Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti (first woman to lead the Navy), Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General James Slife, and the top military lawyers for Army, Navy, and Air Force. Military experts describe this as unprecedented for an incoming president to systematically purge senior military leadership. Democratic Senator Jack Reed calls it "a threat to the nonpartisan nature of the military." The firings target leaders allegedly involved in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, demonstrating coordinated ideological capture of military command structure. Trump plans to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan 'Razin' Caine as Brown's replacement, a move that underscores the politically motivated nature of these leadership changes.