Posted on 06/06/2026 10:34:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders.
The Navy had selected 31 sailors to promote from the rank of captain to one-star admiral, but Hegseth recently intervened to strike nine people from the list, including three women and two Black men, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss information not permitted to be released publicly.
As a result, the Navy is not promoting a single woman to the one-star admiral rank this year even though women make up about one-quarter of all Navy officers and nearly one-third of the sea service’s midgrade ranks, according to military data from 2024.
The Associated Press spoke with eight female Navy officers of varying ranks and time in service after Hegseth’s cuts, which were reported earlier by The New York Times, became public. They spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution from their superiors.
The more junior officers said they saw the development as a sign that their careers would become politicized if they rose too far in the ranks, and some said they felt they now had a limit on how far they could be promoted. Some said it made them feel less valued within the military and wondered whether that wasn’t part of the intent.
The Pentagon has not offered any rationale on why the women, or any of the other six people, were removed from the promotion list.
The Pentagon says promotions are based on merit
Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s top spokesman, said...
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“The Pentagon says promotions are based on merit....nuff said.”
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In case you haven’t noticed, the Pentagon often lies.
women make up 1/4 of all officers and 1/3 of all kids grade ranks.
I think I see He’s get he’s reasoning here.
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MID-GRADE ranks.
When I need writing help I’ll ask for it. AI isn’t nearly so smart.
"The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things." --Rush Limbaugh
Writing assist. Turned it off finally.
The lesser qualified women don’t belong on promotion lists.
If a woman is the best man for the job, then so be it. These women were not.
It makes you wonder how many of those 1/4 female officers earned it or were DEI promotions. Certainly not every one of them, but it stands to reason that many female officers were promoted just to put a pussy in the rank.
Who were the other four?
This is awful policy by Hegseth.
Since August 18, 1920 women can do no wrongs, just “rights”. Those creatures have no agency after all, the law and p^ss% pass makes that clear as crystal.
AP reporting the hard news that Didn’t Earn Its think the there is no longer a free lunch. Oh the humanity.
“...even though women make up about one-quarter of all Navy officers.....”
May a merciful God help us all.
We are not being told who they were because they were inconvenient to the narrative.
If it was based on merit, it should be under 10%.
If it was based on merit, it should be 0%.
You don’t get a promotion JUST BECAUSE you are a woman.
You have to EARN it.
That leaves four white guys dropped from the list.
Should have been spelled birthing persons.
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