Dismissed Shoshana chatfield, US military representative

Donald Trump’s government has fired the Shoshana Chatfield Vice Admiral, one of the main US military officers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, the newspaper reported on Monday, the newspaper 7 The Washington Post.

According to anonymous sources cited by an American media, three officials confirmed that Chatfield, who served as the United States military representative before the NATO military committee, was notified of his dismissal during the weekend.

The dismissal of the Vice Admiral represents at least a woman’s room within the current Trump administration and constitutes the ninth dismissal of a senior US military officer since the president assumed the position less than three months ago.

This dismissal increases tension in an already deteriorated relationship between Washington and the International Military Alliance formed by North America countries and Europe.

Chatfield, who had assumed the position in 2023 and had stood out especially for his focus on inclusion and respect, will be temporarily replaced by Brigadier General Sean Flynn, officer of the National Guard of the Army who was attached to NATO, according to NATO, according to The Washington Post.

In 2019, the Vice Admiral became the first woman to direct the Naval War School and is one of the few three -star female officers in the Navy.

He was criticized by the American Accountability Foundation conservative organization, which openly pressed the US Secretary of Defense., Pete Hegseth, to be dismissed before he was confirmed by the Senate in January.

The news comes after last week the Trump administration dismissed General Timothy Haugh, Head of the National Security Agency and the US Cyber ​​Command. Uu., Already the Deputy Director, Wendy Noble.

On Wednesday it was also announced that former interim general general Matthew Whitaker would be the next American ambassador to NATO.