Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Publisher and Editor Over Disagreements

The Pentagon has fired the publisher and editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, Max Lederer and Erik Slavin, along with reporter Lara Korte, for 'insubordination'. Lederer, who had announced his retirement, cited fundamental differences with Pentagon leadership. The dismissals follow Stars and Stripes' coverage of the USS Abraham Lincoln's Middle East deployment and criticism of Pentagon's direction of the outlet under the Trump administration. The Pentagon aims to refocus the newspaper's content on 'warfighting, weapons systems, fitness, lethality, survivability' and 'ALL THINGS MILITARY'.