Pentagon Pete Accused of Pushing Out First Woman to Serve with SEAL Team Six

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A Navy captain who was the first woman to serve with the elite SEAL Team Six as a troop commander is being pushed out of the military.

The officer, whose identity has not been revealed, was supposed to take over a new role that would have made her the first woman in a Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALS, CNN reported.

But just two weeks before the command was supposed to begin, the Pentagon abruptly revoked her orders, suggesting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had killed the command because he didn’t want a woman in the role, sources told CNN.

The circumstances under which the decision was made and the way it was communicated—through a series of phone calls instead of through the usual channels—seemed designed to avoid leaving a paper trail.

Under the Navy’s “up or out” policy, the officer’s two-decade career is ending as a result.

“It’s f---in’ bulls--t. That’s horse s--t,” said a retired senior enlisted Navy SEAL who served with the officer at SEAL Team Six.

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