The defense secretary appears to want flag officers who will not challenge potentially illegal orders.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has removed nine officers from a navy promotion list, disproportionately targeting women and minority officers, according to a report by The New…

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The Defense secretary reportedly removed women and Black officers from the Navy’s promotion list.

According to the report, Pentagon rules outline that the defense secretary is only supposed to remove officers from the promotion list for professional failings that would impact…

Defense secretary’s latest interposition resulted in all-male, overwhelmingly white picks for promotion to admiralty

The defense secretary appears to want flag officers who will not challenge potentially illegal orders.

And the military is being weakened by it.

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

Several female Navy officers say they see Pete Hegseth's recent intervention in a promotions list as a sign their careers now have a ceiling.