‘Very strange’: Former NATO commander reacts to sudden retirement of US Navy Admiral

CNN Published October 17, 2025

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CNN senior military analyst and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis reacts to Adm. Alvin Holsey announcing he will retire in December. The admiral overseeing US Southern Command, which has responsibility for forces in the Caribbean, where the US has carried out multiple legally ambiguous strikes against alleged drug cartels, is retiring one year into his tenure, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a social media post on X. #CNN #News