The Army has removed another top general, Commander of the Army’s V Corps Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, from his post two months before his slated departure.
Per ABC:
Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commander of the Army’s V Corps, was removed from command in recent days, according to a service spokesperson, though the circumstances surrounding his removal remain unclear.
Costanza’s removal comes amid a broader shake-up of the military’s senior ranks, with more than two dozen high-ranking officers removed or sidelined under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, often without public explanation. But a source familiar with Costanza’s removal said it was unrelated to Hegseth’s broader effort to reshape the military’s top leadership and not due to any political implications.
Costanza’s replacement, Maj. Gen. Thomas Feltey, had previously been Senate-confirmed for that leadership handoff already scheduled for October.
V Corps is responsible for overseeing U.S. Army forces and coordinating operations across Europe. Partially based in Poland, the corps has taken on an increasingly prominent role since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, helping coordinate U.S. support for Kyiv and managing the American military footprint along NATO’s frontlines.
The Pentagon has downsized the U.S. military footprint in Europe this year, most notably with the abrupt cancellation of a planned deployment of the Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas, to Poland.
The Army confirmed Hill Costanza’s removal, saying the matter was “referred to the appropriate authority in accordance with Army regulations” in a statement to the Hill.
Sources also told the Hill that Constanza’s removal was not political nor was it at War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s direction.
This comes after Gen. Chris Donahue, then-Commander of US Army Europe and Africa, resigned just over a month ago.
Hegseth previously ousted Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, the Army’s chief of chaplains, Major General William Green Jr., and the head of Army Transformation and Training Command, General David Hodne.
Over a dozen generals and admirals have been ousted since Hegseth took over at the Pentagon.
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