Stars and Stripes parts ways with longtime editor amid Pentagon editorial push

The Stars and Stripes’ longtime editor, who had led the newspaper for three decades and served as publisher since 2007, says he was fired for insubordination after conducting an interview, a move that comes amid a Pentagon bid to tighten editorial control and curb what it calls woke distractions; the episode follows an April firing of the paper’s ombudsman and underscores ongoing tensions over editorial independence within the military publication.