
U.S. Southern Command commander Admiral Alvin Holsey in Panama City, Panama, on April 9, 2025. Franco Brana/AFP via Getty Images
Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, will retire at the end of the year, War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X on Oct. 16.
Hegseth did not give a reason for the commander’s departure.