Summary
The Trump administration fired Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO’s military committee, reportedly due to past statements supporting diversity.
Chatfield, a decorated Navy pilot and Afghanistan veteran, appeared on a conservative “woke” watchlist targeting senior military officials who promoted DEI.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, leading the anti-DEI campaign, made the call, though it’s unclear if Trump directly ordered it.
Chatfield is the third top female officer dismissed under Trump. Critics warned the firings undermine military leadership and damage U.S. alliances.
Hegseth doesn’t think women should be in the military. The DUI-hire is gradually working on it - I think we will at least see a return to a ban on serving in combat roles within a year or so.
Think we’ll see a draft enacted to shore up the missing positions?
Funnily enough - as a transgender man, I am signed up for the Selective Service (they make you do it for FAFSA - get flagged if you put down male anywhere.) I’ve heard that I was supposed to get some sort of letter disqualifying me, but I just got the regular card. Guess I could be marching next to y’all in WW3.
If you’re 26 or older, you’re legally aged out of it (not that i think that means much at this point)
We haven’t had enough enlistment to fill our military needs in decades. We have as many hired contractors as enlisted. The contractors are majority non US citizens.
We’ve been avoiding a draft because it would cause major resistance to our unnecessary military activities that can currently be pushed to the back of most people’s minds.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-military-forces-fy-2021-space-sof-civilians-and-contractors
Operational contractors continue to play a vital role in CENTCOM, holding a 2.8 to 1 ratio of contractors to military (up from 1.7 to 1 last year) as military forces exit Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan while contractors stay behind.
Wow that link threw me for a second. I was trying to figure out what CSIS was doing with a .org website.
Treated like shit for 4 years, paid a pittance, and left to rot after… I can only wonder why they’re struggling to fill rank.
Maybe, I’ve seen a lot of recent increases in advertisements to join the military. If that crap starts up, that’ll be what gets me to leave the country. There isnt a thing in the world that could get me to fight for these dipshits kn their misguided wars.
Likely they want to use the draft to “break men in”.
But he thinks his wife should be allowed to join him in high level meetings…
Woke list = purge list
The modern McCarthy Era “communist” list
Except this version of McCarthy has been riding Russia’s nuts for decades
And as everyone know, purging your military is a great way to reduce their combat effectiveness.
When (if?) the rule of law is restored to the USA, tax payers are going to pay so so dearly after the tsunami of wrongful dismissal lawsuits…
they voted for this, and should pay.
Is hiring based on skin color protected by the government?
trump’s gov? absolutelly
To the point they rather have the most mediocre people as long as they are white
So this person gets fired for being too “woke” in her statements supporting diversity, but Tulsi Gabbert can repost Russian propaganda and nothing happens. Got it.
No reason to apply logic to Trump’s cabinet. Anything to attain power will be justified, no matter how ridiculous the explanation.
maybe stock market needs to be banned for identifying as a bear ?
I feel like female is in the wrong spot in the title because “senior navy officer” amounts to a single noun/title
Why not fire woke Trump who is pushing woke tariffs. fire snowflake Felon Musk too.
Punish these fired people by sending them to europe! Would be such a terrible punishment for them!
During covid antivax groups were calling the vaxed groups “sheep”, referring to them as “asleep”.
Now MAGA is calling people woke?
The ven diagram between MAGA and antivax groups is probably a cirlce. I don’t get it, do these people want people awake or asleep?
Good. She was being insubordinate. Crying about not putting up the portrait of her Commander in Chief. Like she had said, “just have to wait 4 years”.
