Both the Army and Marine Corps are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders due to the senator's blockade.
For the first time in U.S. history, two of the eight seats on the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff are filled by interim officers, thanks to Alabama Sen.On Friday, outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville retired, handing the job of running the service to his No. 2, Gen. Randy George.
As of Friday, there were 301 senior military officers caught up in Tuberville’s hold, ranging from the nominees to lead the Army, Marines, Navy to the next chair of the Joint Chiefs. The blockade is also holding up command changes for the 5th and 7th fleets, which run naval operations in the Middle East and Pacific, and the next leaders of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Air Force’s Air Combat Command.
Speaking at the ceremony, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said “we need the Senate to act, not only on [George’s] nomination, but also on the over 300 other general and flag officers across the armed services, whose careers and lives are now in limbo because of this unprecedented hold.
“You know, it’s been more than a century since the U.S. Marine Corps has operated without a Senate-confirmed commandant,” Berger said at the handover ceremony last month. “Smooth and timely transitions of confirmed leadership are central to the defense of the United States.”
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