Charles L. Plummer, Chief of the Air Force Legal Service

Date of dismissal: 21 February 2025. Plummer was the head of the Air Force and Space Force legal apparatus, thus another crucial piece of the Pentagon's internal control system. Before arriving at that summit, he had served both as a civilian lawyer and, since 1995, as an Air Force legal officer, all the way up to the highest posts in the military legal chain. The absence of specific reasons for Hegseth's conduct and subsequent political justification made the case one of the most discussed.