War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his role as chief of Army public affairs and senior adviser, who previously led public affairs for the Joint Chiefs under Mark Milley.
Butler had been slated for promotion to brigadier general after appearing for two years on a list of 34 officers selected for advancement. The promotion list has been held for nearly four months by Hegseth, who reportedly has concerns about several officers chosen by the Army board but cannot legally remove them.
Butler served alongside Delta Force on overseas missions from 2010 to 2014, later worked with Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, and deployed to Afghanistan supporting Scott Miller while serving as chief spokesman and communications director for U.S. and NATO forces.
