Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a senior US officer assigned to NATO, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, saying her removal was due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.

Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield is the latest in a string of top officers to be dismissed by Donald Trump's administration, part of a rare major shakeup of senior US military leadership since the president returned to office in January.

Hegseth removed Chatfield "from her position as US representative to NATO's military committee due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement, without providing further details.

Chatfield is a helicopter pilot by training who has previous........

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