Shoshana Chatfield

Shoshana Chatfield (2020)

Shoshana Chatfield is a US Navy officer . In 2019 it was announced that the Rear Admiral would be named the first female President of the U.S. Naval War College .

life and career

Chatfield is from Garden Grove , California and attended Boston University . There she graduated in 1987. She completed her studies in international relations , French and French literature with a bachelor's degree . In 1988 she joined the Navy Reserve and was trained as a helicopter pilot. She initially served in a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron on the west coast of the United States . She then switched to Helicopter Sea Combat . For this she flew missions in the Pacific and the Arabian Gulf . This was followed by staff training and service as part of the Joint Staff / OSD Internship Program. She then served with the Chief of Naval Operations . This was followed by service at the Allied High Command for Europe as an assistant.

Shoshana Chatfield received a scholarship and studied at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University , where she graduated with a Masters in Public Administration in 1997 . From 2001 to 2004 she taught as an assistant professor at the United States Air Force Academy . Various command posts followed, and in 2009 he received a doctorate from the University of San Diego . In January 2017, she was appointed in command of the Mariana Islands . Chatfield's successor as Commander in the Mariana Islands was Rear Admiral John Menoni in the summer of 2019 .

On August 1, 2019, Shoshana Chatfield began serving as President of Naval War College. As the 58th director of the institute, she replaced Jeffrey Harley as the first woman in this position .

Web links

• Biography on the pages of the Navy
• US Naval War College gets its 1st woman president, Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield , CNN June 15, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jerick Sablam, Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield leaving command after two years , Guam Pacific Daily News, July 20, 2029.
2. ↑ Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield Takes Command of US Naval War College , US Naval War College press release.
3. ↑ Mark D. Faram, Meet the next Naval War College president Navy Times on June 14 of 2019.