Scoop: Top Hegseth Aide Resigns From Pentagon After 6 Months Of Service: 'incredibly Inspiring'

A apical advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has near nan Pentagon aft six months of service, nan Department of Defense (DoD) confirmed to Fox News Digital connected Saturday.

Justin Fulcher told Fox News Digital he formally resigned connected Thursday evening, describing nan determination arsenic wholly his own.

Fulcher said he had primitively planned to service six months successful authorities and, having reached that point, chose to move connected "amicably." He besides emphasized what he described arsenic nan "great work" being done by Hegseth "for our troops and country."

"The Department of Defense is grateful to Justin Fulcher for his activity connected behalf of President [Donald] Trump and Secretary Hegseth. We wish him good successful his early endeavors," main Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said successful a statement.

HEGSETH VOWS TO RESTORE WARRIOR MENTALITY AND RAISE STANDARDS IN SWEEPING MILITARY TRANSFORMATION

Fulcher tells Fox News Digital that he resigned voluntarily connected Thursday evening amicably from SecDef Hegseth's Pentagon staff. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)

In summation to advising Hegseth connected unit and policy, Fulcher played a domiciled successful respective defense initiatives during his tenure, he told Fox News Digital.

Fulcher said he contributed to reviews of awesome acquisition programs aimed astatine strengthening lethality and nan U.S. business base, and helped streamline package procurement timelines "from years to months," modernizing cardinal IT systems crossed nan department.

He besides said he supported Hegseth successful high-level meetings crossed nan Indo-Pacific, including nan Shangri-La Dialogue successful Singapore, and participated successful efforts that redirected astir $50 cardinal from non-lethal statement items into readiness and much impactful defense programs.

Fulcher praised nan "dedicated men and women of nan Department of Defense," cited advancement successful "revitalizing nan warrior ethos" and "rebuilding nan military," and thanked some Hegseth and Trump for their leadership. "Still, this is conscionable nan beginning," Fulcher added.

Fulcher, who had served arsenic a elder advisor to Hegseth since April, announced his departure Saturday day successful a connection posted to X. 

"As planned, I’ve completed 6 months of work successful authorities to my country," he wrote, calling nan acquisition "incredibly inspiring."

WALTZ DOUBLES DOWN ON HEGSETH PRAISE AMID ONGOING PENTAGON CONTROVERSY

Justin Fulcher successful an undated photo. Fulcher, a elder advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, exited nan Pentagon connected Thursday aft completing six months successful nan role. (Courtesy @JustinFulcher via X)

"None of this could person happened without Secretary Hegseth’s decisive activity aliases President Trump’s continued assurance successful our team," he wrote. "I will proceed to champion American warfighters successful each early endeavors."

Fulcher joined nan DoD earlier this twelvemonth arsenic portion of Hegseth’s soul circle, a cohort of loyal advisers appointed aft Hegseth took nan helm astatine nan Pentagon successful Trump’s 2nd term.

Fulcher had served six months astatine nan Pentagon earlier confirming his resignation connected Thursday nighttime pinch Fox News Digital. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)

His departure comes amid a broader reshuffling of elder unit wrong Hegseth’s office. At slightest six aides person near since January, though defense officials person downplayed nan moves arsenic modular transitions.

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It’s unclear what Fulcher’s adjacent measurement will be, though his connection suggests he intends to stay progressive successful nationalist information circles.

The Pentagon has not yet named a replacement.