美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯确认将解雇20%的高层军事官员，并强调军队应秉持“战士精神”；同时他还宣布了建立新的军事基地及自主作战指挥机构的计划。
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has confirmed the firing of 20% of top military leadership, while stressing a "warrior ethos", and plans for a new base and autonomous warfare command.
在弗吉尼亚州匡蒂科海军陆战队基地向高级军官发表的激烈演讲中，赫格塞斯介绍了多项新举措，并表示将在2025年进一步削减军队人员规模。
In a fiery speech to top brass at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, he shared a variety of new initiatives, as well as adding to a round of personnel cuts in 2025.
根据国防部的最新统计，陆军、海军、海军陆战队、空军和太空部队中目前共有800多名现役将军和海军上将。
There are over 800 active-duty generals and admirals across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, according to the latest department tally.
2025年9月，赫格塞斯在匡蒂科召集军事领导人时批评国防部过于“政治正确”，并指责那些“肥胖的将军和海军上将”给军队形象带来了负面影响。
When Hegseth assembled military leaders at Quantico in September 2025, he criticised the department as too "woke" and slammed leaders, saying "fat generals and admirals" is "a bad look".
在周三的演讲中，赫格塞斯将去年在匡蒂科的演讲称为“解放日”，并表示那些不支持他改革措施的人“已经不再属于这支军队”：“我们不再是那个‘政治正确’的、软弱的国防部门了。”
In his remarks on Wednesday, Hegseth referred to last year's Quantico speech as Liberation Day, saying that those who were not on board with his changes, "well, they no longer work here".
赫格塞斯特别指出了他认为不应被允许进入军队的群体，包括跨性别者、超重者以及留胡子的人。他称：“那些空谈意识形态的人已经被淘汰了；真正爱国、充满战斗力的军人才是我们需要的。多样性不是我们的优势，团结才是我们的力量。”
"We are no longer the woke department or the weak department," Hegseth said. The defence secretary singled out groups he said he did not want in the military, including transgender people, overweight people and people with beards. "The ideological clowns are out.
他还宣布成立自主作战指挥机构，旨在简化军事机器人和无人机的采购流程，并通过人工智能技术提升这些武器的作战效能。此外，他还宣布成立新的宗教事务办公室、与美国大学合作开展军官培养项目，以及建设一座被他称为“美国下一代军事基地”的新军事设施。
The patriotic cowboys are in with testosterone testing on top. Diversity is not our strength. Unity is our strength," he said. Hegseth also announced the creation of the Autonomous Warfare Command, aimed at easing the procurement of robotics and drones for warfare, "supercharged" with artificial intelligence.
赫格塞斯表示，新成立的宗教事务办公室将负责监督预算分配、推动基础设施建设，并加强军队的宗教支持。不过他并未透露新基地的具体位置或资金来源，同时呼吁各州政府为该基地的建设提供支持。
A new Office of Religious Affairs, cadets programme partnering with US universities, and what Hegseth called "the next great American [military] base" were also announced. The new office will "protect budgets, demand infrastructure, and strengthen religious support", he said.
赫格塞斯（Hegseth）的这些人事变动，只是他在领导美国军方期间所推行的更广泛改革措施的一部分。这些改革旨在将他所倡导的“战斗精神”注入国防部，并将国防部的名称正式改为“战争部”（Department of War）。
Hegseth did not mention the location or funding source for the new base, but called on US states to "bring us your best sales pitch". Hegseth's firings are the latest in a broader overhaul of the US military under his leadership, seeking to insert what he calls a "war fighter ethos" into the defence department, including a rebrand of his office as the Department of War.
据英国广播公司（BBC）的美国合作伙伴CBS News报道，自赫格塞斯担任国防部长以来，至少有20名将军、海军上将以及文职军事官员被解雇或主动辞职。其中还包括联合参谋长联席会议主席，以及陆军、海军和空军中的高级军官。
According to the BBC's US partner CBS News, at least 20 generals, admirals and civilian military leaders have been terminated or quit their jobs since Hegseth became defence secretary. This includes the firing of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and top uniformed officials in the Army, Navy and Air Force.
赫格塞斯在周三表示：“现在媒体称这些举措为‘清洗’，但我认为这只是对那些失职人员的问责措施——而且这种问责早就该进行了。”联邦法律对将军和高级军官的数量有明确限制；对于那些空缺的职位，并没有强制要求必须立即填补。
"Now the media calls that a purge," Hegseth said on Wednesday. "I call it accountability, and long overdue. And frankly, the bare minimum." Federal law sets a limit to the number of general and flag officers. There is no requirement that unfilled positions be replaced.
在这场人事调整中，赫格塞斯还遭到包括全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）和全国妇女法律中心（National Women’s Law Center）在内的多个民权组织的指责，他们指控赫格塞斯阻碍了黑人和女性的晋升机会。
Amid the shakeup, Hegseth also has been accused by various civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the National Women's Law Center, of blocking the military promotions of black people and women.
乔治华盛顿大学的政治学教授亚历山大·唐斯（Alexander Downes）向BBC表达了这些担忧，认为赫格塞斯的过往表现“令人怀疑”。他指出，虽然之前的国防部长也曾对军方领导层进行过调整，但赫格塞斯的改革幅度无疑更为剧烈。
George Washington University political science professor Alexander Downes highlighted these concerns to the BBC, describing Hegseth's track record as "a little suspect". Downes added that while previous defence secretaries have made changes to military leadership, Hegseth's cuts were "undoubtedly more" than these.
五角大楼此前曾明确表示：“我们绝不会将军人的种族或性别作为晋升的考虑因素”，并强调国防部始终坚持“任人唯贤”的原则。
The Pentagon has previously said it would "never consider the colour of a service member's skin or their gender as a factor in promotions" and that "meritocracy reigns supreme" in the defence department.
亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利（Mark Kelly）在周二批评赫格塞斯，称他正在“清除军队高层中的优秀领导者”：“我们需要强有力的领导者；这些人拥有数十年的经验，他们中的许多人都是我们军队中最优秀的领导者。而赫格塞斯却正在将他们赶走。”
Senator Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, criticised Hegseth on Tuesday, saying he was "in the process of purging the upper echelon of the military from its best leaders". "We need strong leaders. These folks have decades of experience, some of the best leadership our military has ever had.
美国国会研究服务局在五月份发布的一份报告指出，高层领导人员过多存在一些弊端。这些弊端包括：与低级别军官相比，雇佣高级军职人员的成本更高；此外，这还可能导致决策过程变得更为缓慢。
He's getting rid of them," Kelly said. A report from the Congressional Research Service in May noted that there were some disadvantages of having too many senior leaders at the top. These include the higher cost of employing top-ranked servicemembers compared to lower-ranking officers, and the potential to "slow down decision-making processes".
唐斯表示，减少军官的数量并不一定是一件好事或坏事，关键在于“这样做的目的以及它所起的作用”。
Downes said it was not necessarily good or bad to reduce the number of officers but "it all depends on why you're doing it and what function it's serving".
据唐斯介绍，如今的美国军队规模比20世纪60年代缩小了约50%，但将军的数量仅减少了约30%。他还指出，军队的组织结构已经发生了变化，现在包含了更多负责指挥军事行动的机构（例如负责中东地区军事行动的中央司令部）。
According to Downes, the military today is roughly 50% smaller than it was in the 1960s, while the general officer count is only down roughly 30%. He explained that the military's structure has changed to include more combatant commands like Centcom, which directs military operations across the Middle East.
赫格塞斯对美国军队高层领导层的调整，正值美以与伊朗的战争进入第七个月之际；这场战争正在消耗美国的军火储备。
Hegseth's trimming of the US military's top brass also comes as the US-Israel war with Iran stretches into its seventh month, depleting ammunitions stockpiles