Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on Tuesday fired a four-star general for improperly influencing a former subordinate’s command assignment, reports the Military Times.

Charles Hamilton was one of about a dozen four-star generals in the Army.

“Based on the findings of a Department of the Army Inspector General investigation, the secretary of the Army has relieved Gen. Charles Hamilton of command,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia O. Smith wrote in a statement to Army Times.

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