No reason given but she's the wrong gender
Lacore was among dozens of officers fired during Hegseth’s ongoing elimination from senior military roles of those considered to have crossed the Trump administration, or who do not fit the defense secretary’s vision for the make-up of the armed services.
In his latest move, reported last week, he removed without explanation all women and several Black nominees from a navy promotion list, resulting in an all-male, overwhelmingly white slate.
Lacore lost her job the same day Hegseth fired Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, for writing a preliminary analysis of US military strikes on Iran in June 2025 that Donald Trump claimed “obliterated” the country’s nuclear sites saying only set back few months
No public explanation was given for the dismissal of Lacore, or a slew of other military leaders axed by the Pentagon in previous months
But under Hegseth’s direction, the military has eliminated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, and numerous officers perceived as too “woke” have been let go.
“For too long, we’ve promoted too many uniform leaders for the wrong reasons – based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts,” Hegseth claimed during a keynote meeting of military commanders in Virginia in September.
“The sooner we have the right people, the sooner we can advance the right policies.”
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