Probably placed in command because she was a woman over better qualified men under pressure from the shitty Sec of Navy.
That was my thought after reading her bio. I’m puzzled as to how she was selected as the Director of Combat Systems and Tactics Training as well as Lead Tactical Action Officer Mentor at Afloat Training Group San Diego? Her background to that point certainly didn’t prepare her for that assignment. No FFG, DDG, CG experience at all. But she had the Flag Sec job and that’s a must for selection to command.