Naval Chief Retires -- Leaving Navy, Army, And Marines Without Leadership Amid Tuberville's Abortion

[Kennah]

Source: Forbes

The third major military retirement of the summer leaves the U.S. Navy as the latest branch operating with only interim leaders as a singular senator continues to block hundreds of military promotions and nominations from progressing through Congress in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday retired on Monday and his successor, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, will only be able to fill his role in an acting capacity until Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) ends his six-month streak of blocking the confirmations of high-ranking generals and admirals.

Franchetti, the first woman nominated to run the Navy in U.S. history, was appointed interim chief Monday and joined Gen. Eric Smith of the Marines and Gen. Randy George of the Army as interim chiefs, both of whom are stuck in the same holding pattern since their nominations were blocked in the Senate in July and August, respectively.

Franchetti — who has been second in command of the Navy since last fall — will be able to perform the duties of the chief of naval operations until she is confirmed, but cannot hire someone to fill the vice chief role or issue planning guidance to members of the Navy until she is confirmed.

Read more: Link to https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/08/14/naval-chief-retires---leaving-navy-army-and-marines-without-leadership-amid-tubervilles-abortion-protest/?sh=e06aa2a5d006source

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Tuberville hosing America

[keithbvadu2]

1. Alabama's senator who lives in Florida

Certainly does not want to live with his constituents.

[Kennah]

3. Can't say I blame him

[mentalsolstice]

17. I've read that he lives in the FL panhandle

If that’s the case, he’d better not even show his face outside.

[rlexx]

2. What a Worthless POS

and the idiots who voted for him are dumb as rocks.

Just speaking as a retired US NAVY Commander and Surface Warfare Officer.

[not fooled]

21. Welcome to DU

and thank you for your service and being an actual patriot with stellar insight.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. He's pathetic.

As is the rest of the GOP that has circled the wagons around him.

[DENVERPOPS]

5. Maybe it is all part of their master plan

Then, in 2024 they install Trump or some other totalitarian, he appoints RW Federalist fanatics to head all the military branches, then establishes a military coup, and we end up no different than North Korea, Russia, China, etc etc etc.

In all actuality, not a lot different than what they pulled with the US Supreme Court

[Escurumbele]

10. Yes, I have thought about that as well, but there HAS to be a way to stop the madness.

Evil people never do anything constructive, but incompetent they are not, and they work very hard, almost non-stop, at their evil, that is why they are so successful.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. No kidding

What has happened has been extremely well Masterminded. It has been well orchestrated, planned, organized, and executed.........starting with the corrupt and treasonous "installation" of Ronnie Reagan.......

And they are still going Full Steam Ahead, regardless of the opposition......Very Frightening...........

I often say: These Repub Politicians must not have kids or grandkids, or truthfully, must not care about anything but themselves.....


Lincoln said it best hundreds of years ago:

"A Statesman is looking forward for future generations, a Politician, only until the next election"

Katie Bar The Door

[IronLionZion]

6. People are deluded to believe the GOP are patriots or care about our military

[DENVERPOPS]

13. No shit ILZ

it started with Korea, VietNam, etc etc etc......

[keithbvadu2]

18. GOP leader Trump says our military killed were suckers and losers. Ridicules all POWs.

Trump: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured"

[sarcasmo]

7. The Tubberville plan to weaken our military is humming along.

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. It boggles my mind that a single individual has this much power.

WTF?

[Escurumbele]

9. How can one stupid senator have so much power? I don't get it, there is so much wrong with

are rules for congress people, senators, the presidency, and of course the supreme court. We need stricter rules that allow for more accountability, and ways to curtail stupid behaviour like the one from this jackass Tuberville.

Can someone please explain why it seems that nothing can be done to stop the jackass from kidnapping the military?

[DENVERPOPS]

14. He is just one

there are several masquerading as Dems and doing just as much.....Sinema and Machchin have accomplished much, if not even more.

[Marcus IM]

12. Imagine the corporomedia meltdown if this was a Dem senator. n/t

[swong19104]

15. Well, thank god

Space Force has a leader!

[GB_RN]

16. Will Someone PLEASE...

Take Tuberville (Q-Racist MAGAts) to the proverbial woodshed and straighten him out on this? Even his constituents are sick of this blockade, from what I understand.

[Kennah]

24. Just open a window and invite over Russians

[SoFlaBro]

19. Tuberville is a stupid motherfucking who is hurting America with this fucking bullshit. Piss on that

turd.

[kimbutgar]

20. I hope some intelligence agency is monitoring his phone calls to places like China and Russia

Tubby might be a covert agent. That pos is endangering our military and has really no viable reason why.

It’s bad enough he lives in Florida while supposedly representing Alabama in the Senate.
He is is tied with Ted Cruz as the worst senator in my opinion.

[not fooled]

22. As some on DU have pointed out

along with e.g. Thom Hartmann, tubby might well be clearing out military command in anticipation of a red don installation in 2025, to give his master a clean slate for appointment of fascist-friendly military leaders. Remember that it was Gen. Milley who thwarted some of red don's plans to use the military to seize control of the U.S. and remain in power after his electoral defeat.

[kimbutgar]

23. I got chills reading your comment

And I wouldn’t be surprised if Tubby is taking orders from the orange maggot just as you have described.

[pfitz59]

25. This is ludicrous

just vote already. his one vote won't matter.