{"id":2025903,"date":"2023-09-08T14:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-hold-air-force-sees-greatest-effect-from-promotion-backlog\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:07:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:07:56","slug":"tuberville-hold-air-force-sees-greatest-effect-from-promotion-backlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-hold-air-force-sees-greatest-effect-from-promotion-backlog\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberville&#8217;s hold impacts Air Force promotion backlog the most."},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftuberville-hold-air-force-sees-greatest-effect-from-promotion-backlog%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=2025903&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--><h2>The\u200c United States Air\u200b Force Affected by Promotion Hold<\/h2>\n<p>The United States Air Force is currently \u200cfacing a significant challenge as a result of a promotion hold initiated by Senator Tommy Tuberville. This hold, which began in March, \u2062has \u200bimpacted a total of 98 senior\u200c officers, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-hearing-on-ufos-will-open-the-floodgates\/\" title=\"UFO oversight hearing to unleash a torrent.\">including prominent figures<\/a> such as Gen. Charles &#8220;C.Q.&#8221; Brown, Gen. David Allvin, and Lt. Gen. James Slife.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on Air Force Officers<\/h3>\n<p>Within the Air Force, there are currently 73 active-duty officers and 25 reserve officers caught in Tuberville&#8217;s hold. This block prevents\u200c the promotions of \u2062these distinguished individuals, hindering the progress of the\u200d Air Force and its leadership structure.<\/p>\n<p>One of the affected officers, Lt. Gen. James Slife, recently received his\u2062 nomination for the position of vice chief of staff for the\u2064 Air Force. Slife, who currently serves \u200cas the service&#8217;s deputy\u200d chief\u2064 of staff \u2062for operations,\u200c has made significant contributions to the Air Force, previously commanding the Air Force Special \u200bOperations Command.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on Other Branches<\/h3>\n<p>While the Air Force bears \u200bthe brunt of this promotion hold, other branches of the military are \u200calso affected. The \u2063Army, with 91 promotions on pause, is \u2064the \u2062branch with the next highest number of holds. Tuberville&#8217;s\u200d protest against the Pentagon&#8217;s abortion policy, which covers leave and travel expenses\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-defense-department-will-fund-travel-for-service-members-abortions\/\" title=\"Austin: Defense Department Will Fund Travel For Service Member\u2019s Abortions\">service members seeking abortions<\/a>, has led to this delay.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy follows closely\u2062 behind, with 86 promotions hanging in \u200cthe balance. The Marine Corps\u2063 and\u2062 the Space Force\u2063 also face the consequences\u200d of this hold, with 18 and eight promotions paused, respectively. Notably, the Coast Guard remains unaffected as it is not part of the Department of Defense, despite being considered a branch of the military.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy and Response<\/h3>\n<p>Tuberville&#8217;s\u2062 tactics have drawn criticism from military leaders \u2063who argue that the \u2064promotion hold endangers the\u200d readiness\u200b of\u200c the U.S. military and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-begins-discharging-service-members-declining-to-take-coronavirus-vaccine\/\" title=\"Military Begins Discharging Service Members Declining to Take Coronavirus Vaccine\">compromises national security<\/a>. However, Tuberville maintains that military and Senate leaders can \u200dbypass the hold by voting for each flag officer individually.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader \u200dChuck Schumer has urged Republicans to pressure Tuberville to change his tactics and allow the \u2062promotions. However, the nominations are not being put through individually, leaving the situation unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences \u2063of this hold are particularly significant in terms of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. With \u2064Gen. \u2064Mark Milley&#8217;s term ending \u200csoon, the position could remain vacant until the \u200dpromotion hold is \u2064resolved, despite Gen. Charles &#8220;C.Q.&#8221; Brown&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for\u2062 all parties involved to find a resolution that ensures the smooth functioning of the U.S. military and upholds national \u2062security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more \u200dfrom The \u2063Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Air Force, under Senator Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s (R-AL) six-month promotion hold since March, has the highest number of affected officers in the military. Presently, 73 active-duty and 25 reserve officers, totaling 98 senior officers, are unable to be promoted due to this block.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2025904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}