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.

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    The specialty of the US military has always been logistics AFAIK. They’ll traditionally endlessly throw bodies and money at maintaining supply lines to uphold their own morale and wait for their enemy to surrender. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge

    Not sure how well that’ll work in the face of modern warfare, drones and sabotage seem more effective.

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      6 days ago

      drones and sabotage seem more effective

      The drones need to be launched, and saboteurs deployed, near their targets. That means logistics.

      Fucking up supply chains with brainless tariffs will massively damage logistics.