{"id":1991006,"date":"2023-08-04T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-chief-retires-leaving-position-vacant\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T17:57:05","slug":"army-chief-retires-leaving-position-vacant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-chief-retires-leaving-position-vacant\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Chief Retires, Position Now Open."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farmy-chief-retires-leaving-position-vacant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1991006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US Army Chief of Staff General James C McConville attends the opening ceremony of the Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference\u2063 (IPACC) meeting in\u2064 Bangkok \u2062on September 9, 2019. (Photo \u2063by LILLIAN\u200d SUWANRUMPHA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>10:47 AM \u2013 Friday, August 4, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Army\u2019s highest ranked officer retired on Friday morning, \u200dleaving the post vacant for the\u200c foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> Lloyd J.\u200b Austin III \u200bspeaks at a relinquishment \u200bof responsibility ceremony for the Army Chief of Staff and the Army Command Sgt. Maj. \u2064at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBMHH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JBMHH<\/a>. \u2063   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SMXeFAZUr2\">https:\/\/t.co\/SMXeFAZUr2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of Defense \u2064\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u200b (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1687455886858477568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>General James McConville left his Army\u200d Chief of Staff post on Friday\u200b after \u200b40 years of service in the \u200bUnited States Army. He had begun his service as an aviator and commanded\u200c in Iraq and in\u200c Afghanistan. He had also previously served as Commanding \u2063General of the \u200b101<sup>st<\/sup> Airborne. He\u2064 went on to hold several staff positions which \u200dincluded\u2064 Vice Chief of Staff\u2063 for \u200cthe\u200b Army.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200b2019, he was promoted to Army Chief of Staff and\u2062 began his push to revamp the \u200bArmy\u2019s \u2062technology. He focused his \u2064efforts on six priorities which included long-range artillery, next-generation combat vehicles, advanced rotorcraft, \u200cdigital networks, air and missile defense and finally soldier lethality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe find ourselves once \u200bagain facing threats of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hammer-the-end-of-the-unipolar-moment\/\" title=\"Josh Hammer: The End of the Unipolar Moment\">great-power competition<\/a> and the specter of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-presses-supreme-court-to-end-men-only-draft\/\" title=\"ACLU Presses Supreme Court to End Men-Only Draft\">large-scale conflict<\/a>,\u201d he said in 2019. \u200d\u201cAnd we\u200c have\u2062 the opportunity\u2064 to ensure that our Army remains\u2062 the most dominant land force in\u2063 the world \u200bfor the next four decades, but we have to adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the\u200b Army \u200dTimes, most of the ventures that he had directed his efforts \u200ctowards are slated to be operational for the Army by the 2030s.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u200b he had worked on improving the technologies \u200dand equipment of the Army, his branch struggled with\u2062 recruiting new personnel. During his tenure \u2062as the Army\u2019s \u200dtop \u200dofficer, the branch\u2019s strength was reduced to\u2063 about\u200d 450,000 soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>In his \u201cFinal Message to the \u2064Army Team\u201d McConville said that \u201cit has been an honor\u201d to serve his \u2063role, and that\u200b he had served \u201cin the company of heroes every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USArmy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USNationalGuard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USNationalGuard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmyReserve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USArmyReserve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I1HDxdK1t3\">pic.twitter.com\/I1HDxdK1t3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b U.S. \u2063Army Chief of Staff (@ArmyChiefStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmyChiefStaff\/status\/1687493608541126657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, now that he has stepped down, his post will remain vacant due to the hold\u200b on \u2063the confirmation of military officers by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville has been withholding\u2062 the confirmation of high-ranking military officers due to\u2062 the Pentagon\u2019s recent post-Dobbs abortion policy. The new \u200cpolicy requires the Department of Defense to cover the travel \u200bcosts for service members that need\u2062 to travel \u2062out of state to receive an abortion, if the states they are stationed \u2064in do not allow the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>General Randy George, who was nominated by President Joe Biden, will\u2064 be taking over\u2062 as acting Army Chief of Staff until the \u200bblockade by the senator is over and \u2062the Senate can move on with the \u200cconfirmation. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin slammed the \u200csenator on Friday during the changeover ceremony. He said \u2063that the blockade by the senator \u201cundermines our military readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe \u2063failure \u200dto confirm our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-chief-retires-leaving-position-vacant\/\" title=\"Army Chief Retires, Position Now Open.\">superbly qualified senior\u200b uniformed leaders undermines<\/a> our\u200d military \u2064readiness,\u201d Austin said. \u201cIt undermines our retention of \u2064some of our very best officers. \u2062And it is upending the lives of far too many of their spouses,\u2062 children and \u2062loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u200cof Friday, 301 officers have seen their promotions withheld\u2064 by Tuberville\u2019s hold. Those affected range from \u2062the nominees \u2062to lead the Army, Navy and Marines,\u2063 as well\u2063 as the\u200c next chair of\u200c the Joint Chiefs, and command changes for the 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 7<sup>th<\/sup> fleets, which \u2064run naval operation in the Middle East \u2063and Pacific, \u200band the next leaders of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Air Force\u2019s Air Combat Command.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear,\u201d Austin said at the ceremony. \u201cIn our\u200d dangerous world,\u200d the \u2064security \u2064of the\u2062 United States \u2063demands orderly \u2063and\u2064 prompt transitions of our confirmed military leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tuberville \u2063has remained\u2064 steadfast in \u2064his protest as long as the Pentagon maintains the \u201cillegal\u201d policy \u200dthat it has. <\/p>\n<p>For\u200c the first time in United\u2063 States\u2063 history, two seats on the Pentagon\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff are now filled \u2063by interim\u200d officers due to the hold \u200dby the Alabama Senator, which is\u2063 now in its eighth\u200b month.<\/p>\n<p>Stay\u200d informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to \u200dyour inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Jess Weber<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Owen Shroyer<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Joseph Mercola<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with U.S. \u2064Navy Intel Officer (Ret). Steven Rogers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Google-parent Alphabet \u200chas cut its stake in trading app Robinhood Markets by nearly 90%, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-shopify-cuts-10-of-workforce-as-online-shopping-slows\/\" title=\"Canada\u2019s Shopify cuts 10% of workforce as online shopping slows\">regulatory filing showed<\/a> on Friday.\u2063 The\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>NEW\u200d DELHI (Reuters) \u2013 India\u2019s decision to impose a\u200d licensing requirement for \u200dimports\u2062 of laptops, tablets and\u200d personal computers will boost domestic\u2026\u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has announced a raft of \u2062new\u2064 features for European users aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters)\u2063 \u2013 TikTok \u2063told Reuters \u2062it is in early-stage talks with regulators to \u2063obtain a payments\u200c licence in\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Army Chief of Staff General James C McConville participated in the opening ceremony of the Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference (IPACC) in Bangkok on September 9, 2019. 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