Donald Trump Ready to Create New ‘Warrior Board’? Report Claims

New Delhi, India: As President-elect Donald Trump 's transition team prepares for his incoming ministration, a draft executive order is reportedly on his desk that could drastically reshape U.S. military leership. order, if signed, would create a new entity called “warrior board,” empowered to recommend dismissal of any three- or four-star generals it deems unfit for service. Once recommendations are me, President Trump would be required to act on m within 30 days, removing any military leers deemed “lacking in requisite leership qualities.”

draft order, which was first reported by Wall Street Journal, would make it easier to dismiss high-ranking military officials and bypass tritional promotion protocols. new board would be given authority to evaluate top military leers, with power to remove m from consideration for promotions or reassignment for reasons deemed by board to be sufficient, potentially targeting officers who fail to align with Trump ministration's vision.

This proposal mirrors a similar structure from World War II, when General George C. Marshall created a “plucking board” in 1940. board, consisting of retired generals, was designed to remove officers who were not seen as possessing qualities necessary for promotion. While Marshall's board was intended to elevate promising young officers rar than purge military, similarities between two proposals are striking, particularly in potential for board to reshape command structure based on political and leership considerations.

Trump’s relationship with military leership has been turbulent, with President-elect often criticizing certain generals, particularly those involved in decisions regarding U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. He has also long expressed frustration with what he calls “woke generals” within ranks of military. proposed executive order seems to signal a desire to purge ranks of officers who may not be fully aligned with his vision, echoing his ongoing criticism of military establishment and its leership.

While Trump, as commander-in-chief, alrey holds authority to fire military officers at will, establishment of an outside board could d a new layer of transparency — or controversy — to process. use of a board, which would be handpicked by Trump, could sidestep Pentagon’s tritional promotion system, raising questions about its potential to serve as a political tool.