Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has already fired a raft of military leaders, many of them women and people of color, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a major restructuring Monday of the way the military is led, including a plan to cut hundreds of positions from its highest ranks. Hegseth, in a memo and video laying out his moves,

In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign governments about an unfolding military operation, people familiar with his management practices said.