Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list
The Pentagon said promotions are based on merit, but female officers fear the move signals a ceiling after nine sailors were removed from the slate.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently removed nine sailors from a 31-person Navy promotion list, including three women and two Black men, despite prior approval from Navy leaders and Gen. Dan Caine.
- Since taking office, Hegseth has fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti and two other female three-star admirals without explanation, arguing that gender quotas made the Pentagon "less capable and less lethal."
- Before reaching Hegseth, the 31-person list had passed through Navy leaders and the Joint Chiefs of Staff after Navy Secretary John Phelan directed the board to select candidates based on performance and Indo-Pacific strategic competence.
- Pentagon spokesman Parnell said "military promotions are given to those who have earned them," yet female officers told The Associated Press they fear these removals signal a permanent career ceiling.
- Consequently, the Navy is not promoting a single woman to the one-star admiral rank this year, despite women representing about one-quarter of all Navy officers and nearly one-third of midgrade ranks.
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No Women In US Navy Promotion List Raises Fears Of Career Ceiling
The Navy had selected 31 sailors to promote from the rank of captain to one-star admiral, but Hegseth recently intervened to strike nine people from the list, including three women and two Black men, according to a defence official.
After the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, removed nine officers from the Navy, including all women, from a promotion list, several officials say that they see this unusual intervention as a sign that their career now runs up against a ceiling and are worried about the future generation of female officials.
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Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list
Several female Navy officers say they see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent intervention in a promotions list as a sign their careers now have a ceiling.
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