{"id":2029358,"date":"2023-09-12T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-pick-says-tuberville-hold-hurting-recruitment-as-branch-falls-short-of-goals\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T14:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:45:02","slug":"biden-air-force-pick-says-tuberville-hold-hurting-recruitment-as-branch-falls-short-of-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-pick-says-tuberville-hold-hurting-recruitment-as-branch-falls-short-of-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Air Force nominee claims Tuberville&#8217;s hold is hindering recruitment as branch misses targets."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-air-force-pick-says-tuberville-hold-hurting-recruitment-as-branch-falls-short-of-goals%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=2029358&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>President\u200c Biden&#8217;s Pick for Air Force Chief of\u2062 Staff Blames \u200dSen. Tuberville for Recruitment Shortcomings<\/h2>\n<p>Gen. David W. \u2064Allvin, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plan-to-rename-confederate-base-names-moves-forward\/\" title=\"Plan To Rename Confederate Base Names Moves Forward\">vice chief<\/a> of staff of \u2064the Air \u200dForce and President Biden&#8217;s nominee for \u2064the service&#8217;s top position, testified before the Senate \u2064Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. During the \u2062hearing,\u2064 Allvin addressed the\u200b impact of Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s hold \u2063on military \u2063promotions and \u200cnominations, which has caused delays \u2064in the confirmation\u200b process for over 300\u200d service members.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I will tell you that while we don&#8217;t have specific hard\u2063 data, my\u2063 experience and my personal judgment says that this does hurt recruiting and retention. We hear anecdotal evidence,&#8221; Allvin \u200dtold lawmakers. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to go \u200bout and do the \u2064mission, and those who\u2064 are serving in the positions, whether they&#8217;re acting or they&#8217;ve\u200b deferred their retirement, they&#8217;re going to \u2063continue to serve with honor. And so with that, I could not be more proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Secretary \u200cFrank Kendall recently acknowledged that the Department of Defense will fall short of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-pick-says-tuberville-hold-hurting-recruitment-as-branch-falls-short-of-goals\/\" title=\"Biden's Air Force nominee claims Tuberville's hold is hindering recruitment as branch misses targets.\">active-duty recruiting goals<\/a>\u200b this year, a\u2063 situation that hasn&#8217;t occurred since 1999. Allvin expressed\u2062 concern about the signal \u2063this sends and emphasized the importance \u200dof maintaining \u200ba strong\u2064 and talented Air\u2062 Force.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tuberville has\u200b been\u200d holding \u200cup DOD nominations and promotions since February in protest of the\u200d department&#8217;s policy\u2063 on abortion. This has led to a backlog of 318 nominees, causing\u2062 disruptions and \u200bdelays in the \u200bmilitary&#8217;s leadership structure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2063Tuberville&#8217;s demands, defense leaders have made it clear that the \u2064department will not \u2063change its policy. They are committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-gay-marriage-amendment-to-face-california-voters-in-upcoming-election\/\" title=\"California voters will decide on a proposed amendment for gay marriage in the upcoming election.\">ensuring equal rights<\/a> and access \u200cto reproductive healthcare for all service members, regardless of their location.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps are currently \u200dbeing led \u2063by\u200c officials in acting capacities due \u2063to Tuberville&#8217;s hold. Senate\u200d Democrats have the option\u200d to bypass \u200dthe hold, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not taken action thus\u200c far.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2064 Biden has chosen Gen. Charles\u2063 Q. Brown, the current Air Force chief of staff, to be the next\u200c chairman of the\u2062 Joint Chiefs of \u2064Staff. However, it\u2062 remains uncertain whether Brown will be confirmed\u200d before the retirement of the current chairman, Gen. \u200dMark Milley.<\/p>\n<p>If Gen.\u2063 Milley retires before Gen. Brown&#8217;s\u2064 confirmation, Adm. \u2063Christopher W. Grady, the \u2062vice chairman of the\u2064 Joint Staff, will assume the role \u200btemporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense\u200c Lloyd Austin has expressed concern about the lack of Senate-confirmed leaders in three service\u2064 branches, \u2064and the Air Force could become the fourth \u200bif Allvin&#8217;s confirmation is delayed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to\u2062 read more from \u2063The \u200bWashington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for Air Force chief of staff, Gen. David W. Allvin, stated that Sen. Tommy Tuberville&#8217;s actions were partly responsible for the department&#8217;s recruitment challenges. Allvin, currently serving as the Air Force&#8217;s vice chief of staff, testified about this issue during a hearing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2029359,"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-2029358","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\/2029358","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=2029358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}