{"id":31456,"date":"2023-08-14T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/14\/army-navy-and-marines-all-without-top-leaders-due-to-tuberville-holds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:47:39","slug":"army-navy-and-marines-all-without-top-leaders-due-to-tuberville-holds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/08\/14\/army-navy-and-marines-all-without-top-leaders-due-to-tuberville-holds\/","title":{"rendered":"Army, Navy and Marines all without top leaders due to Tuberville holds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the top spots at the Army, Navy and Marine Corps now vacant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/03\/07\/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-makes-unannounced-visit-to-baghdad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin<\/a> blasted Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/03\/24\/abortion-fight-in-senate-snarls-hundreds-of-military-promotions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Tommy Tuberville\u2019s blanket hold on department confirmations<\/a> on Monday for \u201cundermining America\u2019s military readiness\u201d and adding stress to an untold number of military families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is unprecedented, it is unnecessary, and it is unsafe,\u201d Austin said at a retirement ceremony for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/06\/30\/maritime-service-chiefs-push-back-on-criticism-that-the-military-is-becoming-too-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday<\/a> in Maryland. \u201cIt\u2019s hindering our ability to retain our very best officers and it is upending the lives of far too many American military families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur troops deserve better. Our military families deserve better. And our allies and partners deserve better and our national security deserves better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilday is set to be replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/07\/21\/ongoing-nominations-fight-could-block-first-woman-on-joint-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adm. Lisa Franchetti, <\/a>the current vice chief of naval operations, which would make her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2023\/07\/21\/how-franchettis-experience-made-her-bidens-pick-to-lead-the-navy\/\" target=\"_blank\">the first woman ever to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/a>. But a vote for her confirmation \u2014 and more than 300 others, including the top military officer posts in the Army and Marine Corps \u2014 have been held up by Tuberville, the senator from Alabama. Gilday\u2019s retirement leaves three of the Defense Department\u2019s eight most senior positions without a Senate-confirmed leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/07\/19\/pentagon-abortion-policy-talks-fail-to-yield-compromise-on-nominees\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23194563353261.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon abortion policy talks fail to yield compromise on nominees<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 250 military promotions and nominations have been stalled over objections to the military&#039;s abortion access rules.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since March, Tuberville has refused to allow Senate leaders to fast-track all senior military nominations and promotions over his objections to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/07\/19\/pentagon-abortion-policy-talks-fail-to-yield-compromise-on-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Department\u2019s abortion policy <\/a>announced last fall. Under that policy, service leaders can provide time off and travel stipends for service members to travel across state lines to seek out abortion services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin has said the move is necessary in the wake of a growing number of states limiting or outlawing the procedures. Tuberville \u2014 and some other conservative lawmakers \u2014 said the policy is a ploy to circumvent state laws and expand abortion access for political gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to Austin\u2019s comments, Tuberville\u2019s office released a statement disputing that any military readiness has been compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis particular stand is necessary because the Biden administration has shown that, unless held accountable, they will continue to violate the law and use our tax dollars to promote an extreme left-wing agenda,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/07\/21\/ongoing-nominations-fight-could-block-first-woman-on-joint-chiefs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7399882.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Ongoing nominations fight could delay first woman on Joint Chiefs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 250 senior military confirmations are stalled in the Senate over a abortion policy fight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate leaders could confirm the nominations without Tuberville\u2019s cooperation, but doing so would take months of non-stop floor procedures, essentially sidelining all other legislative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also could opt to confirm just a few key positions, but thus far have declined to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of vacant top spots could increase to four in the next few months. 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