Allvin is the fifth #US #military service chief to depart since #Trump took office. In January, Trump directed the firing of #CoastGuard Commandant Adm. #LindaFagan, & in February, he fired Gen. #CQBrown as chair of the #JointChiefsOfStaff & removed Chief of #Navy Operations Adm. #LisaFranchetti. In April, he fired #CyberCommand chief Gen. #TimothyHaugh.

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The prohibition against #women serving on warships ended in 1993, opening the door for officers like Adm #LisaFranchetti to compete equally with their male counterparts. Women were not allowed on submarines, however, until 2010.

The firing of a service chief such as Admiral Franchetti is vanishingly rare, though #Trump fired another four-star female admiral less than 24 hrs after his second inauguration.

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Adm #LisaFranchetti received her commission in 1985 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Northwestern University, just 7yrs after the #Navy ended its prohibition on #women serving on ships at sea.

She became a surface warfare officer at a time when women joining the fleet in that role were typically limited to serving on auxiliary ships — noncombat vessels that carry cargo, fuel, ammunition or specialized equipment to repair submarines.

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Adm. #LisaFranchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, rising to command the destroyer U.S.S. Ross, & later a destroyer squadron, two aircraft carrier strike groups, all naval forces in Korea & the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.

Admiral Franchetti became the 33rd chief of naval operations on Nov. 2, 2023, making her the first #woman to have a permanent seat as a member of the #JointChiefs.

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