WASHINGTON — The Director of the Joint Staff, Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, is returning to the Navy after only three months in the role, with no clear successor for a key inside-the-Pentagon job.
“We are deeply grateful for Vice Adm. Kacher’s dedicated service to the Joint Force and his contributions to the Joint Staff,” Gen. Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a brief statement to Breaking Defense. “Since graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Vice Adm. Kacher has answered the call for every kind of selfless service imaginable. The Navy will be glad to have him back and we thank him and them for the loan of his leadership.”
A source familiar with the situation told Breaking Defense that the decision to remove Kacher was…
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