One of the top U.S. military officers at NATO headquarters in Brussels has been fired by the Trump administration in the latest effort to erase so-called woke policies, sources confirmed to multiple news outlets.

Officials said on Monday it was apparently tied to comments Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield has made supporting diversity in the force.

People familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Chatfield got a call from Adm. Christopher Grady, acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and was told the administration wanted to go in a different direction with the job.

Officials said they believe the decision was made last week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but it was unclear if he received direction from President Donald Trump.

She is the third top female officer fired since Trump took office.

In February, Hegseth announced he was firing Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lida Franchetti and Trump fired Coast Guard Commandment Adm. Linda Fagan just one day after he was sworn in.

Chatfield was reportedly listed as “woke” by the conservative American Accountability Foundation. It sent a letter to Hegseth saying “purging the woke from the military is imperative.”

The foundation has openly lobbied against Chatfield and brought its concerns to Hegseth before he was narrowly confirmed in January.

On Women’s Equality Day in 2015, Chatfield was quoted as saying, “diversity is our strength” — a phrase Hegseth called the “single dumbest” in military history.

Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said he was “deeply disturbed” over Chatfield’s firing.

“I’m deeply disturbed by the firing of a top U.S. military officer at NATO, Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield — a combat veteran and helicopter pilot,” Warner wrote on X. “Trump’s relentless attacks on our alliances and his careless dismissal of decorated military officials make us less safe and weaken our position across the world.”

Her firing comes several days after the Trump administration fired Gen. Timothy Haugh, director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.

Chatfield, a Navy helicopter pilot who also commanded a joint reconstruction team in Afghanistan, had been serving as one of 32 representatives on NATO’s military committee. The panel is the primary source of military advice to the North Atlantic Council and NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group, according to NATO. It serves as the link between political decision-makers and NATO’s military structure.

A native of Garden Grove, California, Chatfield graduated from Boston University and received a master’s degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from the University of San Diego.

She deployed to the Pacific and the Persian Gulf as a pilot. She later served as senior military assistant to the supreme allied commander Europe. She was awarded a Bronze Star.

Editor’s note:The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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