[Rio]

BIO:
https://www.public.navy.mil/surflant/cg58/Pages/Bio1.aspx

[Mariner]

“Her first sea duty assignment was in USS FLETCHER (DD 992), homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as the Strike Warfare Officer, Electronics Materials Officer and Assistant Operations Officer. Aboard FLETCHER she earned her Surface Warfare Officer qualification, and in 1998 participated Operation DESERT FOX”.

What about Engineering, Logistics/Supply, Maintenance and Deck officer?

She was on the fast track and in way over her head.

CO of a CG? That’s a big gig.
It often supports a Flag and leads an entire Surface Action Group.
Only for pros.

[Psalm 73]

Looks like a guy.

[meatloaf]

She’s had command for a year before being removed. She should have had time to ensure everything was shipshape.

[meadsjn]

Captain Erica L. Hoffmann was born and raised in New York. She was commissioned in 1996 from the United States Naval Academy, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in English.

A BS in Readin'? Saw that problem right off.

Before Clinton, I believe a USNA commission was contingent on earning a degree in Engineering of some sort.

[Redcitizen]

Guilty.

[Ben Dover]

With her nuclear background, what the hell was she doing on a gas boat?