Pentagon chief fires US military representative
to NATO
Agence France-Presse,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
4/8/2025 11:01:13 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a senior US officer assigned to NATO, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, saying her removal was due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.
Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield is the latest in a string of top officers to be dismissed by Donald Trump’s administration, part of a rare major shakeup of senior US military leadership since the president returned to office in January. Hegseth removed Chatfield “from her position as US representative to NATO’s military committee due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 4/8/2025 11:07:45 AM (No. 1929087)
"her removal"
her.. HER??!!
enough said... when's the last time SHE was in battle
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 4/8/2025 11:17:09 AM (No. 1929100)
So many woke flag officers to remove, so little time.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/8/2025 12:32:14 PM (No. 1929163)
I read the name Shoshana and knew (as Paul Harvey would say) the rest of the story.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/8/2025 12:33:23 PM (No. 1929164)
Dumb white woman fixated on DEI. She either supported it to keep her job or she supports it now. Neither reason is good.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 4/8/2025 12:43:18 PM (No. 1929175)
Another quota bites the dust. And another one gone.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 4/8/2025 12:47:58 PM (No. 1929177)
"The traditionally apolitical US military" - what a totally laughable statement! We have never had a greater phalanx of politicized generals than we do now. Used to be that a soldier got promoted to general for leading troops to victory like Grant or being a great strategic planner like Ike, but that's not how promotions are earned these days. No, promotions are gotten by how well one can kiss politicians' butts, which requires pledging allegiance to the political philosophy of the appointing politicians. That's how we got saddled with incompetents like Lloyd Affirmative Action, Mark "Our Gal" Milley, and the rest of the lacy panty brigade at the Pentagon, who were all too willing to push DEI and social justice and such at the expense of military strength and readiness in order to garner another star on their lapel. It's about time we started cleaning house and restoring real soldiers to the ranks of our military leadership.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
chumley 4/8/2025 1:08:16 PM (No. 1929182)
#6 is right on the money, but at the same time we shouldn't forget that the military has to do what the president wants. If he says to do the silly DEI thing, you gotta do it. Orders is orders. I hope they arent purging the ranks of people who were just doing their duty.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NHChemist 4/8/2025 1:21:46 PM (No. 1929191)
I read a disturbing story yesterday about officers against the Trump Admin. See:https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/u-s-military-opposition-to-the-trump-administration-a-matter-of-concern/
FTA: "There is an enormous problem in our nation’s military, one that I have not seen discussed in depth elsewhere. I have heard from multiple sources that many active duty officers openly and deeply despise the Trump Administration, and they are not at all shy about expressing their opinion both in and out of uniform. One active duty major I know estimates that it’s 1 in 4 who have this problem…"
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Birddog 4/8/2025 1:48:40 PM (No. 1929204)
She became a Helo driver after Boston Univ(bachelors in International policy/French), Harvard(masters in public administration) San Diego(Doctorate in Education, a Dr Jill degree) Her only overseas postings were Guam and the Marianas...Never Europe/NATO region.
She was an asst. Professor of Poli-Sci at the AF academy from 2001-04
TRump appointed her the 1st female president of the Naval War College in 2019... An academic in charge of an Academy.
Biden then put her in charge of NATO, Dec 2023, in the midst of a major War with Russia.
Trump/Hegspeth recognized she was NOT the best available individual for that post. Likely NO Naval Officer is, certainly not one with only Pacific, rescue chopper, experience. The current NATO requirement is better suited to either experienced Air Force, Armor/artillery, or Missile commanders.(with some background in Intelligence as well)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 4/8/2025 2:09:50 PM (No. 1929211)
Another DEI hire bites the dust.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 4/8/2025 4:54:10 PM (No. 1929274)
She graduated NROTC from Boston University, then Harvard.....lots of chances for lefty indoctrination there.
Only commands were a helo squadron, then "Joint Region Mariannas", HQ'd in Guam.... a bunch of islands in the middle of nowhere, of minor consequence 99% of the time. Then led the US War College.
Then made Vice Admiral by Traitor Joe and sent to NATO.
Ridiculous. A family member was a far lower NATO officer, Deputy Commander of Southern Europe, and had two fighter squadron commands, an aircraft carrier and an aircraft carrier group prior.
She was WAY over her experience level, because she's female.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NHChemist 4/8/2025 5:34:43 PM (No. 1929288)
Excuse the second post. She refused to hang pictures of Trump and Hegseth and called an "all hands" meeting to announce this. That's insubordination, and it’s a big deal.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
skacmar 4/8/2025 7:23:50 PM (No. 1929336)
Just like any other team, if you are not a team player you don't get to play. If you don't get with the program, you get cut. Women in the military are equal to the men. They can get cut along with everyone else.
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