Seasoned Female Officer Will Command Newest Littoral Combat Ship

I've watched the integration of women into the Seabees and greater participation in the CEC officer community. We're a small community where pretty much every O-5 and above is known by most every O-6 and Flag. Honestly, our track record of "success" is good. I've only seen one case where a woman's gender played into a promotion. Her subsequent performance was "OK" but I thought there were better choices. One other woman was by far and away my Flag choice and she was a great leader and took care of the troops. Bottom line, women have been in command positions for a long time and I'd suspect the percentage of "loss of confidence" is pretty similar to the men. Hopefully it isn't a bit lower because of the political optics of firing a woman. The promotion and command boards I sat had to have have a woman and minority rep and presume it continues to this day. I've held command. It's a different beast altogether. I'm not talking Company Commander stuff, it's Command with a big C. Lots of people strewn over the world. Some in badlands, some not. Lot's to worry about and you can only be one place at a time. At the Command Boards, we're picking based on past performance, but also just as much our conclusion of likelihood of success. We get that wrong every now and then because we don't have a perfect crystal ball. We don't know for sure how the person will play out in the new environment they are thrust into.
As a systems type, I've noted the insane OPTEMPO of ships and am not surprised we have a few more cases of problems. Collisions, personality changes due to the pressures, etc. do cause an uptick on Skippers being canned. It's very predictable. I wish CDR Bassett every success with her new command. Hopefully she doesn't have a dinosaur or two on her senior staff. That puts things into the hurt locker quick.