Overview

• Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. representative to NATO's military committee, was dismissed due to an official 'loss of confidence in her leadership,' according to the Pentagon.
• Chatfield, a decorated Navy pilot and the first female president of the Naval War College, is the third senior female officer fired since President Trump's return to office in January 2025.
• Critics link her removal to her past support for diversity initiatives, with Chatfield having been labeled as 'woke' by conservative groups lobbying for her dismissal.
• Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Mark Warner and Sen. Jack Reed, have condemned the firing as politically motivated and harmful to U.S. national security and NATO alliances.
• Chatfield's removal is part of a broader campaign by the Trump administration to reshape military leadership, with at least ten senior officers dismissed in the past three months.