US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation following tension with Pete Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the direction of the service and the ouster of numerous senior Army officers, the Wall Street Journal reports.

He is expected to leave the Pentagon in coming days.

Earlier, NBC News reported that Driskoll had planned to resign in September, while President Donald Trump’s administration preferred that he remain in office until at least the end of the year.