NEW: VoteVets Responds To News of Likely Trump Purge of Generals

[haele]

21. Officers can only be purged by the President during time of War

Other than that, they're either removed from command for lack of confidence (but not purged) or they're discharged under the UCMJ by either courts martial or vote of Congress.

His "Warrior Board" can't really do shit. Joint Chiefs, maybe can remove a general or Admiral from a command, but they can't be "fired" and removed from service. And there's billets that need to be filled by qualified officers, otherwise, the Military slowly grinds to a halt.
This ain't WWII Germany with a limited number of senior officers from "Good Families" and a social caste system that guaranteed pretty much all officers were raised from an isolated childhood to be officers.
This is the USA, where officers come from all walks of life through several different methods, even through the enlisted ranks, and non-commissioned officers are trained to command units if they have to.
A "Warrior board" suggests that a very subjective and narrow criteria will be used that would not meet the actual needs of a successful military infrastructure. I also wonder how it would affect non-combatant units that are necessary to support all those "warriors" out in the field.

Haele