Gen. Chris Donahue set to retire as Army commander in Europe and Africa, in latest departure by top military official

Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of US Army Europe and Africa, has submitted his retirement papers, in accordance to a number of sources acquainted with the state of affairs, marking the latest high-level officer to go away the military throughout the second Trump administration.

Donahue had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a number of sources instructed CBS News.

Donahue is a West Point graduate, former Delta Force commander and former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division. He helped lead safety for the evacuation of the Afghan capital of Kabul in 2021, and was maybe finest recognized for being the last american soldier out of Afghanistan when he boarded the ultimate US plane departing Kabul.

The Atlantic was first to report Donahue’s departure.

CBS News has reached out to the military for remark.

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