Kegbreath's ousting of female leaders may have 'chilling effect' at Pentagon

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The unexplained removal of the first female head of the U.S. Naval Academy last week is the latest in a string of top military women who have either been fired or redelegated to largely invisible roles under the Trump administration.

The ousting of Vice Adm. Yvette Davids from her post as the first female superintendent of the academy in Annapolis, Md., makes her one of at least five senior female service members who have been moved out of their roles since January.

That trend, coupled with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s well-documented antipathy toward women in combat roles prior to becoming Pentagon chief, could have a chilling effect on women enlisting in the armed forces, experts say.

“It’s hard not to come to the conclusion that it’s going to weaken our military force by undermining the role of women who have become, I believe, an intrinsic part of our military capability,” said Leon Panetta, a former defense secretary in the Obama administration.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-ousting-female-leaders-may-210000902.html

"No girls are allowed in my treehouse" Pete Kegbreath

[Midnight Writer]

1. "Mission Accomplished!"

This whole Administration is dedicated to having a chilling effect on the American people.

[DFW]

2. In 1974, Nixon tried to oust the father of a friend of ours for just that same "offense."

Our friend's father was Secretary of the Navy right around the time that Nixon was up to his eyeballs in the Watergate corruption scandal. Nixon ordered Jim Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense at the time, to fire our friend's father (his name was Bud Zumwalt), because Bud Zumwalt had committed the cardinal sin of allowing women and People of Color to become officers in the Navy. Schlesinger knew that Bud Zumwalt was wildly popular with the rank and file, and that such a move would go down very badly with them. So he managed to put it off until the ink was dry on Nixon's resignation, and he had been carted back off to San Clemente. He never did end up firing him. Bud Zumwalt left of his own accord later on.

[Norrrm]

3. Trump/Hegseth also got rid of the black Joint Chiefs Chairman.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/21/fired-joint-chiefs-chairman-top-navy-leader-air-force-vice-chief-service-judge-advocates-general.html

[rsdsharp]

4. It's the "He-Man Woman Hater's Club."

Even given Whiskey Pete’s “antipathy” for women in combat roles, how is superintendent of the Naval Academy a combat role?