2026年4月4日 / 美国东部时间下午3:46 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：露西娅·I·苏亚雷斯·桑
被解职的陆军参谋长兰迪·乔治将军在一封离任邮件中告诉五角大楼官员，美军士兵应配得上“有品格的勇敢领导者”。此前，国防部长皮特·赫格斯要求他辞职并立即退休。
本周早些时候，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻独家报道了这位将军被解职的消息，一名消息人士称，赫格斯希望该职位的人选能够贯彻他和特朗普总统的陆军改革愿景。
这封被认为是乔治所写的离任邮件在他被解职后在网络上流传，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻周六证实了邮件的真实性。一名美国官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，乔治将这封邮件发给了赫格斯、陆军副部长和助理部长，以及他幕僚团队中的三星和四星将军及军官。
“能与你们一同服役、带领士兵们保卫我们的国家，是我最大的荣幸。”他写道，“我知道你们所有人都会继续专注于任务，持续创新，并坚决打破官僚主义，为我们的作战人员提供他们在现代战场上取胜所需的一切。”
他补充道：“我们的士兵确实是世界上最优秀的——他们理应接受严苛的训练，拥有有品格的勇敢领导者。我毫不怀疑，你们所有人都会继续以勇气、品格和坚韧不拔的精神领导下去。”
乔治曾于2021年至2022年在拜登政府期间担任国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀的高级军事助理。他于2023年就任陆军参谋长，这一职位通常任期为四年。
五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔在一份声明中表示，乔治“将立即卸任第41任陆军参谋长并退休。陆军部对乔治将军为国家数十年的服役表示感谢。我们祝愿他退休后一切顺利。”
现任陆军副参谋长克里斯托弗·拉内夫将军此前曾担任赫格斯的军事助理，他将担任代理陆军参谋长。
赫格斯已解雇了十多名高级军官，包括参谋长联席会议主席C·Q·布朗将军、海军作战部长莉萨·弗朗凯蒂上将、空军副参谋长詹姆斯·斯莱夫将军以及国防情报局局长杰弗里·克吕斯中将。
珍妮弗·雅各布斯、埃莉诺·沃森和詹姆斯·拉波尔塔对本文亦有贡献。
Ousted Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George says U.S. soldiers deserve “courageous leaders of character” in outgoing email
April 4, 2026 / 3:46 PM EDT / CBS News
By Lucia I Suarez Sang
Ousted Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, told Pentagon officials in an outgoing email that U.S. soldiers deserve “courageous leaders of character,” after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to step down and take immediate retirement.
CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week on the general’s ousting, with one source saying Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement his and President Trump’s vision for the Army.
An outgoing email, attributed to George and confirmed as authentic by CBS News on Saturday, circulated online after his ousting. A U.S. official told CBS News that George sent the email to Hegseth, the undersecretary and assistant secretary of the Army, as well as to the three- and four-star generals and officers on his staff.
“It has been the greatest privilege to serve beside you and lead Soldiers in support of our country,” he wrote. “I know you’ll all continue to stay laser-focused on the mission, continue innovating, and relentlessly cut through the bureaucracy to get our warfighters what they need to win on the modern battlefield.”
He added: “Our soldiers are truly the best in the world – they deserve tough training and courageous leaders of character. I have no doubt you will all continue to lead with courage, character, and grit.”
George previously served as the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from 2021 to 2022, during the Biden administration. He became Army chief of staff, typically a four-year post, in 2023.
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement that George “will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately. The Department of War is grateful for General George’s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement.”
The current vice chief of staff of the Army, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, who was formerly Hegseth’s military aide, will be acting Army chief of staff.
Hegseth has fired more than a dozen senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Slife and the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse.
Jennifer Jacobs, Eleanor Watson and James LaPorta contributed to this report.
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