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Shoshana S. Chatfield[1]
Official portrait, 2024
57th President of the Naval War College

In office
August 1, 2019 – June 23, 2023
Preceded by Jeffrey A. Harley
Succeeded by Peter A. Garvin
31st USMILREP

In office
13 December 2023 – 6 April 2025
Preceded by E. John Deedrick
Personal details
Born October 5, 1965(1965-10-05) (age 60)
Orange County, California, U.S.[2]
Spouse(s) David Scovel[3]

Shoshana Simone Chatfield[4] (born October 5, 1965)[2][5] is a United States Navy vice admiral. She served as the president of the Naval War College from 2019 to 2023 and was the first woman to hold that position.[6] Chatfield then served as United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee from December 2023 to April 2025.

Early life and education[]

Shoshana Chatfield grew up in Garden Grove, California, and graduated from Pacifica High School in 1983.[7] She then received her bachelor's degree in International Relations and French from Boston University in 1987. After she received a commission in the Navy, she attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and received a Master of Public Administration. Chatfield later received a Doctor of Education from the University of San Diego.[1] Chatfield is Jewish.[8][9][10]

Military career[]

Promotions
Rank Date
US Navy O8 infobox Rear Admiral April 1, 2020[11][12]
US Navy O7 infobox Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Selected May 2015[13][14]
US Navy O6 infobox Captain February 1, 2009[15]
US Navy O5 infobox Commander August 1, 2002[16]
U.S. Navy O-4 infobox Lieutenant Commander Selected September 1996[17]

Chatfield commissioned through Boston University's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program, and in 1989 qualified as a naval helicopter pilot. She piloted the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, and the Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk while attached to Helicopter Combat Support and Helicopter Sea Combat squadrons.

From 2001 to 2004, she was an assistant professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy.[1]

She was a senior military assistant to SACEUR, and served as the deputy United States military representative to the NATO Military Committee (USMILREP).[18]

She commanded several military units, including Joint Region Marianas and the Naval War College, from 2019 to 2023.

In February 2023, Chatfield was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as the 31st USMILREP.[19] She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 13, 2023.[20]

On April 7, 2025, it was reported that Chatfield had been removed from her NATO post by the Trump administration.[21][22] The following day, a Pentagon spokesperson said that Secretary of Defense Hegseth had removed Chatfield due to "a loss of confidence in her ability to lead".[23][18] House Representative Jasmine Crockett later claimed that the loss of confidence stemmed from Chatfield's refusal to display portraits of President Trump and Hegseth.[24]

Honors and awards[]

In addition to her military honors, Admiral Chatfield has received recognition from the government of Guam for her leadership and contributions to the island.[25] In 2009, she was named as one of Boston University's distinguished alumni.[26]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Navy.mil Leadership Biographies". US Navy. https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=880. Retrieved August 3, 2019. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, California: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. 
  3. ↑ "Last Call". United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation. April–May 2018. p. 151. https://issuu.com/shipmate/docs/2018-aprilmay-shipmate. 
  4. ↑ "Establishment of the Naval Strategy Subspecialty 230X". US Navy. January 2015. https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2015/NAV15011.txt. 
  5. ↑ Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty. Bureau of Naval Personnel. October 1, 1990. p. 154. https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA154. Retrieved June 25, 2021. 
  6. ↑ "US Naval War College gets its 1st woman president, Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield". CNN. June 15, 2019. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/15/us/president-naval-war-college-woman-trnd/index.html?no-st=1564885046. 
  7. ↑ The Reef. Garden Grove, California: Pacifica High School. 1983. p. 154. 
  8. ↑ Feldman, Joseph (2025-04-07). "Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, First Jewish Woman to Lead Naval War College, Fired" (in en-US). VINnews. https://vinnews.com/2025/04/07/vice-adm-shoshana-chatfield-first-jewish-woman-to-lead-naval-war-college-fired/. 
  9. ↑ "Trump Fires Senior Jewish Admiral Shoshana Chatfield Amid Pentagon Shake-Up" (in en-US). Yeshiva World News. 2025-04-08. https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/2387349/trump-fires-senior-jewish-admiral-shoshana-chatfield-amid-pentagon-shake-up.html. 
  10. ↑ "Jewish US admiral at NATO fired in expanding national security purge" (in en). Ynetnews. 2025-04-07. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skvvic11rye. 
  11. ↑ "PN1766 — Rear Adm. (lh) Shoshana S. Chatfield — Navy". May 21, 2020. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/1766. 
  12. ↑ "United States Navy Flag Officers (Public), January 2023". https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/January%202023%20Roster%20Public.pdf?ver=5FYKQhEsR9a6Rueh_zQb5A%3D%3D. 
  13. ↑ "PN456 — Capt. Shoshana S. Chatfield — Navy". May 21, 2015. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/456. 
  14. ↑ "FY-16 Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Line Selection". https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/ALNAVS/ALN2015/ALN15037.txt. 
  15. ↑ "Active-Duty Navy promotions to the permanent or temporary grades of Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, and Lieutenant, Line and Staff corps, and Chief Warrant Officer". January 24, 2009. https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents2/NAVADMINS2/NAV2009/NAV09025.txt. 
  16. ↑ "Active Duty Navy promotions to the permanent or temporary grades of Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, and Lieutenant, Line and Staff corps, and Chief Warrant Officer W4, and W3". https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents2/NAVADMINS2/NAV2002/nav02254.txt. 
  17. ↑ "Proceedings and Debates of the 104th Congress, Second Session". September 9, 1996. https://www.congress.gov/crec/1996/09/09/CREC-1996-09-09-senate.pdf. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Pentagon chief fires US military representative to NATO". https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250408-pentagon-chief-fires-us-military-representative-to-nato. 
  19. ↑ "Flag Officer Announcement". February 14, 2023. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3298599/flag-officer-announcement/. 
  20. ↑ "PN311 — Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield — Navy, 118th Congress (2023-2024)". 2023-12-13. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/311. 
  21. ↑ Stewart, Phil; Ali, Idrees; Bayer, Lili (2025-04-07). "US admiral at NATO fired in expanding national security purge". https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-admiral-nato-fired-expanding-national-security-purge-2025-04-07/. 
  22. ↑ Lamothe, Dan; Francis, Ellen; Ryan, Missy (2025-04-07). "U.S. admiral at NATO fired, latest ouster in Trump military purge" (in en-US). ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/07/shoshana-chatfield-nato-trump-dei/. 
  23. ↑ Watson, Eleanor (April 8, 2025). "With ousting of admiral to NATO, Trump administration has fired at least 9 senior officers". CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shoshana-chatfield-admiral-to-nato-fired-senior-military-officers-ousted/. Retrieved April 9, 2025. 
  24. ↑ "'This Ain't About Merit': High-Ranking Female Military Official Stood Her Ground Against Trump's 'Ego' When She Refused to Hang His Pictures and Got Fired for It, Jasmine Crockett Claims". Microsoft. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-ain-t-about-merit-high-ranking-female-military-official-stood-her-ground-against-trump-s-ego-when-she-refused-to-hang-his-pictures-and-got-fired-for-it-jasmine-crockett-claims/ar-AA1CJNdN. 
  25. ↑ "Commander gets resolution as her Guam assignment ends". The Guam Daily Post. July 19, 2019. https://www.postguam.com/news/local/commander-gets-resolution-as-her-guam-assignment-ends/image_8f906ad2-a864-11e9-aee5-f31f99c94800.html. 
  26. ↑ "Boston University Arts and Science Magazine". Fall 2009. p. 28. https://www.bu.edu/cas/magazine/fall09/magazine_fall09.pdf. 

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