{"id":140309,"date":"2023-04-26T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=140309"},"modified":"2023-04-26T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:19:02","slug":"the-military-is-top-heavy-with-too-many-generals-and-admirals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=140309","title":{"rendered":"The military is top heavy with too many generals and admirals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican representing Alabama, has placed a hold on general and admiral promotions. One of his arguments was that the military had too many generals and admirals relative to the enlisted troops under them compared to what the ratio was during World War II. His other argument, perhaps his main one, involves a policy supported by the Secretary of Defense that allows servicemembers to travel to where they could get abortions.<\/p>\n

From military.com:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Experts have known for more than a decade that the military is top heavy. We do not suffer from a lack of generals,” Tuberville said. “When my dad served in World War II, we had one general for every 6,000 troops. Think about that: one for every 6,000. Now, we have one general for every 1,400 enlisted service members.”<\/p>\n

Since late February, Tuberville has maintained a hold on all nominees for promotion to one-star general and admiral and above over his opposition to the Pentagon’s decision to cover travel and leave for service members seeking abortions and other reproductive health care.<\/p>\n

While a single senator cannot prevent confirmations, a hold significantly delays confirmations because the Senate needs to find floor time to hold lengthy roll call votes rather than quickly approving them in batches in voice votes, as is typical for military nominations.<\/p>\n

As of now, Tuberville’s hold affects 184 military nominees, though that number is expected to grow as President Joe Biden names more nominees and the Senate Armed Services Committee processes them for floor action, including the recently announced nominee to be the next Army chief of staff.<\/p>\n

As Tuberville persists in his hold, Democrats have stepped up pressure on him to relent.<\/p>\n

In the latest move in Democrats’ pressure campaign, Warren took to the Senate floor Tuesday to make a series of unanimous consent requests to confirm the blocked nominees.<\/p>\n

“These holds deprive military families of pay increases they have earned because a nominee’s new pay may not take effect until the promotion goes through,” Warren said. “Without formally being assigned a change of duty, families can’t make decisions about moving or enrolling kids at a new school … for the fall.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military.com<\/a> and USA Today<\/a> provide additional details to the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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