Posted on 04/12/2025 5:15:28 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
The Pentagon announced Wednesday Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield was fired from her position as U.S. representative to NATO’s military committee “due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.”
Chatfield, one of only a few female three-star officers in the Navy and the first woman to lead the Naval War College, served in Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot. In her most recent position, she was assigned to the alliance’s nuclear planning group, acting as a liaison between military and political leadership.
Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, a persistent critic of the Trump administration, said Chatfield wasn’t fired because of her job performance but rather for disloyalty to the commander in chief and her boss at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
“They fired Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield — not because she couldn’t do the job, but because she wouldn’t hang up pictures of Trump and Hegseth,” Crockett alleged, without evidence. “This ain’t about merit — it’s about ego.”......
At a February town hall, Hegseth made it clear how he feels about DEI, telling troops “the single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘Our Diversity is Our Strength.'”
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No, it is about insubordination.
To normal thinking people this makes sense. For people that can’t understand normal thinking this becomes an issue.
Good riddance Shoshana
Shoshana's ego is the reason she chose to be insubordinate.
It is about merit. Every commander worth something would not oppose his CIC without a very good reason.
Well, if Jasmine Crockett says it, it must be true. /s
Not only does she not recognize her commander in chief, she's got her hands dirty with NATO. Her replacement will be far more likely to understand the basics of the chain of command. But she SHOULD have known. I think she knew she was on her way out as a DEI hire subservient to NATO corruption, and chose to 'die on the hill' of Trump's photo. Why else would someone with her resume refuse?Shoshana Simone Chatfield[4] (born October 5, 1965)[2][5] is a United States Navy vice admiral. She served as the president of the Naval War College from 2019 to 2023 and was the first woman to hold that position.[6] Chatfield then served as United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee from December 2023 to April 2025.
She got fired for her noted comments to her staff about how they were going to resit Trump and “hold out for the next 4 years”. It wasn’t about the pictures! She showed that politics were uppermost in her mind, not the needs of keeping America’s military strong and vital!
She wasn’t just insubordinate on a personal basis, she went even farther by declaring to those in her command her personal opinion as though they all were to agree with it.
This wasn’t just about hanging pictures, it was the other things that she did that caused her to be relieved of her command.
But of course, big mouth nincompoop, Jasmine, wasn’t going to bring that part up.
I can’t see how anyone would want to be part of any political party that this woman Crockett represents. She is an embarrassment and disgrace.
While the Pentagon and the White House have yet to provide an official reason for Chatfield’s removal, speculation surrounds the decision. Chatfield, the first woman to lead the Naval War College, had faced criticism from conservative advocacy groups for her focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which some argued were too prioritized within the military. Her dismissal appears to be part of a broader trend to reduce the influence of DEI in military leadership.
Throughout her distinguished career, Chatfield was recognized for her trailblazing role in promoting gender equality within the Navy and fostering leadership opportunities for women. She had been widely respected for her leadership at the Naval War College, where she created programs that empowered women in military service. Chatfield’s background also included efforts to strengthen ties between female naval leaders from the U.S. and Israel.
Chatfield, who is Jewish, has been a prominent figure in both military and Jewish communities, often highlighting the importance of cultural and religious diversity. Her first name, “Shoshana,” is of Hebrew origin, meaning “lily” or “rose.” Though much of her personal religious life has been private, her identity has resonated within Jewish communities both in the U.S. and abroad.
Jasmine must be the unofficial Democrat spokesperson 🙄
Exactly.
No! No reason could possibly exist, period!
What a lunatic. Likely DEI hire that should be nowhere near the government.
The big diff between Jasmin and Kamala is that Kamala knows that she is stupid and tries (unsuccessfully) to avoid talking. Jasmin thinks she is smart and tries (unsuccessfully) to show it by talking. Both are dumber than rocks and proof that their ‘kollege’ degrees are proof of how bad DEI is.
“…said Chatfield wasn’t fired because of her job performance but rather for disloyalty to the commander in chief and her boss at the Pentagon,“
I’d say that was a pretty good reason. Crocket can pound sand.
Can anyone here imagne the uproar in EVERY news organization if a general said they were not going to hang the picture of President Obama in the chain of command display.
The General would have been lucky to have been retired, much less broken down in rank and spend time in Ft Leavenworth.
Didn’t Jerry Seinfeld marry a girl named Shoshana?
Encouraging others to insubordination as well, that's beyond insubordination, which is bad enough. Sounds closer to mutiny if you ask me.
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