President Donald Trump tapped Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve to serve as the Army’s second-highest uniformed leader, replacing Gen. James Mingus, who has spent less than two years in the role.

President Trump tapped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top military aide, Army Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve, to be the next Army vice chief of staff, replacing Gen. James Mingus, who has been in the post for less than two years.

Trump’s pick puts Hegseth’s closest soldier in the Army’s engine room, a hard charging infantryman who turns guidance into orders and makes the machine move on time.

The U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel, killing two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

Pete Hegseth has "lost the trust and respect" of top military members, thanks largely to his "grandstanding" public appearances, The Washington Times reported The post Pro-Trump Outlet Details Military Leaders Ripping Into Pete Hegseth: ‘He Lost Us’ first appeared on Mediaite.

LaNeve previously served as the 8th Army commanding general in South Korea and the chief of staff for the Combined Forces Command.

Laura Benanti returned as Melania Trump on "The Late Show" on Monday to agree with Pete Hegseth about replacing the military

Those retirements come after a spate of unexplained firings in August that included Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, then the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency; Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, chief of the Navy Reserve; and Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversaw Naval Special Warfare Command.

Calling top military leaders to Quantico for a political speech was a "waste of time," former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday at Axios' Future of Defense Summit. Why it matters: President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would have been better served using that gathering of top generals and admirals to prepare for 21st Century threats,