Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed nine Navy officers, including all three women, from a promotion list to one-star admiral, leading female officers to fear career limitations and politicization. The Navy had initially selected 31 officers for promotion, but Hegseth’s intervention resulted in no women being promoted to the rank this year, despite women comprising a quarter of Navy officers.