Gen. Chris Donahue set to retire as Army commander in Europe and Africa, in latest departure by top military official

Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, has submitted his retirement papers, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, marking the latest high-level officer to leave the military during the second Trump administration.

Donahue had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple sources told CBS News. 

Donahue is a West Point graduate, former Delta Force commander and former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division. He helped lead security for the evacuation of the Afghan capital of Kabul in 2021, and was perhaps best known for being the last American soldier out of Afghanistan when he boarded the final U.S. aircraft departing Kabul.

The Atlantic was first to report Donahue’s departure.

CBS News has reached out to the military for comment.

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