U.S. admiral at NATO fired, latest ouster in Trump military purge [View all]

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration has fired a top Navy admiral assigned to NATO headquarters in Brussels, people familiar with the matter said Monday, the latest ouster in an ongoing purge of senior military officers that has disproportionately targeted women.

Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee, was notified of her removal over the weekend, three officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel decision. Chatfield’s abrupt dismissal marks at least the ninth firing of a senior U.S. military officer, including four women, since President Donald Trump returned to office less than three months ago.

Chatfield had served at NATO since 2023, after becoming the first woman to lead the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. She will be replaced temporarily by Brig. Gen. Sean Flynn, an Army National Guard officer who had been Chatfield’s deputy at NATO, one person familiar with the matter said.

Sean Parnell, a spokesman for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, did not respond to a request for comment. The news was reported first by Reuters.

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