Top general removed from Pentagon’s Joint Staff

Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia has been removed as the head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was ousted as the head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, former commander of the 101st Airborne Division, has been removed as the head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Phillip Walter Wellman/Stars and Stripes) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s chief military planner has been removed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to media reports. Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia’s ouster as the head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff was first reported by The Atlantic. CBS News reported that Sylvia was accused of leaking classified information related to military operations against Iran and the Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Army and Pentagon referred questions to the Joint Staff. The Joint Staff initially released a statement saying, “We wish him and his family the best as they graduate to new opportunities and the next chapters of their lives.” “We are withdrawing our earlier statement concerning this personnel matter. Upon further review, we determined that the statement did not appropriately reflect the full circumstances,” a Joint Staff spokesperson said in a statement to Stars and Stripes. “Out of respect for the service member and the ongoing personnel process, we will not comment further.” Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean