Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing escalating political and legal pressure after revealing reports showed he privately urged a senior naval commander to 'move out fast' during a period of intensifying military operations now under investigation for alleged unlawful killings.
Admiral Alvin Holsey, who led US Southern Command (Southcom), retired early following what officials describe as months of friction with Hegseth, coinciding with rising concerns over the Pentagon's expanding maritime campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
