{"id":730,"date":"2025-04-08T21:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=730"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T11:26:40","slug":"top-nato-officer-trumps-latest-dei-firing-meet-5-ousted-top-brass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/top-nato-officer-trumps-latest-dei-firing-meet-5-ousted-top-brass\/","title":{"rendered":"Top NATO officer Trump’s latest ‘DEI’ firing: Meet 5 ousted top brass"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump has fired<\/a> a top U.S. military officer at NATO, Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, a termination that caused swift rebuke from Democrats in Congress. <\/p>\n

Chatfield was the country\u2019s top representative to NATO\u2019s military committee.\u00a0Her firing marks the latest casualty of Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purge of military officials seen as part of past diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. <\/p>\n

That campaign against “woke” culture in the military has led to the ouster of three barrier-breaking women in top military roles, as well as the removal of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. C.Q. Brown and top lawyers in multiple branches of the armed services. <\/p>\n

Hegseth, an ex-Minnesota National Guard officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has long railed against DEI efforts in books and on Fox News, where he was a longtime weekend host. <\/p>\n

During an appearance on \u201cShawn Ryan Show\u201d podcast<\/a> shortly before his nomination to lead the Pentagon, Hegseth said any \u201cgeneral, admiral, whatever \u2014 that was involved in any of the DEI woke s\u2011\u2011\u2011 has got to go.”<\/p>\n

Here are five top brass who have been ousted since Trump’s return to the Oval Office:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, U.S. representative to NATO\u2019s military committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Chatfield, who is a combat veteran, helicopter pilot and the first female president of the Naval War College, was removed from her post \u201cdue to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Defense Department is grateful for her many years of military service,\u201d Parnell said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I) characterized Chatfield\u2019s firing as \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and \u201cunjustified.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAdmiral Chatfield\u2019s record of selfless service is unblemished by President Trump\u2019s behavior,\u201d Reed said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chatfield has been in the conservatives\u2019 crosshairs for some time, with critics calling her \u201cwoke\u201d for her remarks when beginning as the president of the Naval War College in 2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to see members of this team offer each other respect for differences, for diversity, for the dialogue from which ideas and collaboration emerge,\u201d she said at the time. <\/p>\n

Chatfield was also one of 20 military leaders featured in the letter<\/a> that the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a conservative watchdog group, sent to Hegseth in December. The organization argued that those mentioned in the 10-page letter were overly focused on DEI and other similar left-wing efforts and were, therefore, hampering the military\u2019s readiness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPurging the woke from the military is imperative, but just revering woke policies would not be enough to bring our military to peak preparedness,\u201d AAF\u2019s President Thomas Jones wrote in the letter. \u201cThose who were responsible for these policies being instituted in the first place must be dismissed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, the first woman on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired<\/a> in late February.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her dismissal was announced in an email from Hegseth. It came hours after Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he would be terminating Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. and naming Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan \u201cRazin\u201d Caine to be the U.S.\u2019s next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also requesting nominations for the positions of Chief of Naval Operations and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff,\u201d Hegseth said<\/a> at the time, thanking Franchetti for her “distinguished career” and ” dedication to our country.”<\/p>\n

Franchetti is a 1985 graduate of Northwestern University, where she got her commission through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Program, according<\/a> to her biography.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She became a service warfare officer in 1989. At the time, women in those roles mostly served on noncombat vessels, a mandate that was terminated<\/a> in 1993.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Franchetti was also mentioned in AAF\u2019s letter. The conservative group pointed to her 2023 video address at the Naval Surface Forces Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit, where she talked about the importance of \u201cconnectedness\u201d as a military value.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Air Force Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hegseth fired his top female military staffer, Air Force Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short, in late February.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Short acted as the main military point of contact for Hegseth and is the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u2019s representative, interacting with \u201cJoint Staff, combatant commands, and with agencies outside of the Defense Department for policy matters and related subjects,\u201d according<\/a> to her biography.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Arizona State University in 1993. Short completed\u00a0O\ufb03cer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in 1995. She accumulated over 1,800 flight hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brown, a four-star general and former fighter pilot, was only the second African American to hold the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump announced his termination in a post on Truth Social in February, when he also named his successor, Air Force Lt. Gen. Caine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank General Charles \u2018CQ\u2019 Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,\u201d Trump wrote at the time. \u201cHe is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hegseth said on the \u201cShawn Ryan Show\u201d that Brown should be ousted from his post along with other generals \u201cinvolved\u201d in DEI initiatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown said<\/a> in January that he planned to remain in his position despite Trump threatening to fire him once he got back to the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff normally serves a four-year term. Brown began his tenure on Oct. 1, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown drew scrutiny from the right over a video in 2020 where he addressed the protests around the country that were sparked by the death of George Floyd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thinking about how full I am with emotion, not just for George Floyd, but for the many African Americans that have suffered the same fate as George Floyd,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m thinking about our two sons and how we had to prepare them to live in two worlds.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thinking about my Air Force career where I was often the only African American in my squadron or, as a senior officer, the only African American in the room,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who was the first female uniformed leader of a U.S. military branch, was fired<\/a> by the administration less than 24 hours into Trump\u2019s second term. The Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (DHS) umbrella.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DHS later said that Fagan, who was the first top military officer to be ousted during Trump\u2019s second term, got axed \u201cbecause of her leadership deficiencies, operational failures, and inability to advance the strategic objectives of the U.S. Coast Guard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The senior DHS official said that Fagan, who assumed her duties in June 2021, did not effectively deploy Coast Guard resources in border efforts, “especially in interdicting fentanyl and other illicit substances.”<\/p>\n

The official also criticized Fagan for “botching high-ticket purchases” such as ice breakers in the Arctic, and mishandling the fallout of “coverup” around sexual misconduct in the Coast Guard. <\/p>\n

Upon assuming the role, Fagan inherited major recruiting challenges, which she helped reverse, meeting goals for new recruits in 2024. <\/p>\n

Democrats said Fagan should be rewarded for how she dealt with the branch’s historic lack of transparency around cases of sexual assault and misconduct. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Commandant who stood up to clean up this mess instead of burying it should be rewarded, not dismissed,\u201d Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said on social media. <\/p>\n

\u201cFiring a Commandant at will by a new President also sets a bad precedent. The complexity of the Coast Guard\u2019s diverse missions require continuity to protect lives and American interests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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