Pentagon Official Removed From Joint Chiefs Of Staff For Anti-Israel Posts

Colonel Nathan McCormack, who was tasked with helping advise the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Israel-related matters, has been removed from his position after his anti-Israel social media posts were brought to light.
McCormack, who was the Levant and Egypt branch chief at the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate, according to his LinkedIn, posted several controversial tweets on his X account. He called Israel a “death cult” and referred to the Israeli government as “Netanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies,” among other things, Jewish News Syndicate reported.
A Joint Staff official told The Daily Wire that the Department of Defense said McCormack was removed from his position with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and that the matter is being handed over to the U.S. Army for further action.
The official added that McCormack’s posts do not reflect the position of the Joint Staff or the Department of Defense.
“Our global alliances and partnerships are vital to our national security, enhancing our collective defense, deterrence, and operational reach,” the official said.
McCormack’s semi-anonymous account has been deleted following JNS’s report.
The J5 directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff advises the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on military strategy, planning, and policy across a wide range of national security issues. McCormack’s role tasked him with preparing senior leadership to speak with partner nations, including Israel.

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Pete Hegseth Fires All Pentagon Advisory Committees

Including Seat Held by Obama Crony Susan Rice.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has formally terminated the service of every member sitting on the Department of Defense’s advisory committees.
Based on the information available on the website as of Thursday, the now-defunct panels included several well-known Democrats and Bush-era Republicans.

Janine Davidson (Chair) – Former Under Secretary of the Navy under Obama. A staunch Democrat and longtime proponent of Obama-era military reforms, now steering Pentagon policy advice.
Michèle Flournoy – Held major Pentagon roles under Clinton and Obama; often discussed as a potential Secretary of Defense under Hillary Clinton or Biden.
Colin Kahl – National Security Advisor to then-VP Biden, later Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Biden. Key Biden ally and architect of many failed Middle East strategies during the Obama years.
Susan Rice – National Security Advisor under Obama; Domestic Policy Advisor under Biden. Central to Obama’s foreign policy blunders and later helped craft Biden’s radical domestic agenda.
Dana Shell Smith – Career diplomat; served as U.S. Ambassador to Qatar under Obama.
Eric Edelman – Undersecretary of Defense for Policy under George W. Bush; strong neoconservative background.
Jon Huntsman Jr. – Served under George W. Bush (Ambassador to Singapore) and Obama (Ambassador to China); briefly served under Trump (Ambassador to Russia).
Kori Schake – Held roles under Bush; associated with AEI and other think tanks; known for hawkish, internationalist views.

According to The Intercept:

The Pentagon quietly scrubbed an advisory board’s website after a fired aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth complained that it was stocked with holdovers hostile to President Donald Trump who might be spreading damaging leaks.
The Defense Policy Board’s online roster was erased after axed staffer Dan Caldwell told Tucker Carlson in an interview that its members were “incredibly hostile” to Trump.
Caldwell was fired Friday amid a Defense Department leak investigation that has led to the ouster of several longtime Hegseth confidants.
In his interview with Carlson, Caldwell cast himself as the victim of a behind-the-scenes battle between warmongers pushing for conflict with Iran and skeptics of foreign military intervention such as himself.
Although the Defense Policy Board is an independent advisory group with no powers of its own, he blamed members including Susan Rice, a former Joe Biden aide, as potential sources of leaks for which he had been blamed.
Hegseth’s decisive action came after a 45-day internal review, which concluded that these advisory bodies had become bloated, ineffective, and, in many cases, politically misaligned with the department’s new mission under President Trump’s renewed leadership.
In a statement issued late Thursday, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell made clear that the department was taking a new direction:
“Yesterday, informed by the recently concluded 45-day review of DOD advisory committees, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the conclusion of service of all members of each DOD advisory committee that had been subject to the review, consistent with applicable law.
Secretary Hegseth appreciates the members’ efforts on behalf of the department and the United States of America, but changes are needed to support the new strategic direction and policy priorities of the department and to ensure departmental resources are used efficiently.”
In a letter issued by former Chief of Staff Joe Kasper, who left the agency Thursday:
“No later than April 25, 2025, each sponsor of a DoD advisory committee will notify advisory committee members that their service has concluded and will provide my appreciation for their efforts on behalf of the Department and United States America.
“The Deputy Secretary of Defense may retain individual members on a case-by-case basis upon determination that the member is required for uninterrupted committee operations necessary for national security reasons. Within 30 days, sponsors will recommend members for their DoD advisory committees for my review and approval.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-cleans-house-fires-all/

Pentagon Orders Discharge Of Transgenders

The Department of Defense has issued new guidance ordering the military services to begin the process of discharging transgender members of the Armed Forces in 30 days. The new policy recognizes only two sexes; it requires members of the Armed Forces to adhere to the physical fitness and grooming standards of their biological sex. Any attempt at chemically or surgically changing sex makes the person unsuitable for military service. If a person had, at some point, been transgender they can be retained if they "demonstrate “36 consecutive months of stability” in their sex with no “clinically significant distress or impairment” if they can prove they have “never attempted to transition to any sex other than their sex” and if they are willing to adhere to “all applicable standards” relating to their sex."

f. The Department only recognizes two sexes: male and female. An individual's sex is immutable, unchanging during a person's life. All Service members will only serve in accordance with their sex, defined in Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," as "an individual's immutable biological classification as either male or female."
g. Where a standard, requirement, or policy depends on whether the individual is a male or female ( e.g., medical fitness for duty, physical fitness and body fat standards; berthing, bathroom, and shower facilities; and uniform and grooming standards), all persons will be subject to the standard, requirement, or policy associated with their sex.
h. Pronoun usage when referring to Service members must reflect a Service member's sex. In keeping with good order and discipline, salutations ( e.g., addressing a senior officer as "Sir" or "Ma'am") must also reflect an individual's sex.

The memo reiterates an earlier policy that barred transgender individuals from enlisting.
Even though the precursor to this policy is in litigation, it seems unlikely to be successful. Similar legal histrionics followed Trump's ban on transgenders in the military in 2017. That ban was upheld by the Supreme Court in a 2019 decision before Joe Biden reversed the policy in 2021.
The ban on transgenders is long overdue. If a transgender has progressed beyond the point of Klinger-esque crossdressing, they probably are not deployable because of the psychiatric and medical care they need to continue their attempt to transition from something they are into something they aren't. In context, a kid with braces can't enlist. A kid who has taken Adderall or Ritalin in the previous three years can't enlist. And yet we not only enlisted transgenders, we allowed them to have surgery at government expense.
Mirroring the experience of young women in varsity athletics, men "transitioning" to women were bunked with military women.
Finally, the entire project was corrosive of military discipline. Guidance was issued on addressing a 6-2, 220-pound bearded officer wearing a skirt. Anecdotally, the fear of being accused of being a "transphobe" frequently let transgenders exhibit behavior and performance that would get a regular soldier punished.
The new guidance clears the decks, so to speak, for the military to toss aside this modern-day version of Robert S. McNamara's Project 100,000 and get back to the business of training to win wars.

https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/27/pentagon-orders-discharge-of-transgenders-n2186073