The United States Air Force leads the U.S. military in officers affected by a six-month promotion hold that Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) began in March.
There are currently 73 active-duty officers and 25 reserve officers from the Air Force caught in Tuberville's hold, for a total of 98 senior officers. The block prevents the promotions of Gen. Charles"C.Q." Brown to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. David Allvin to the chief of staff of the Air Force, and Lt. Gen. James Slife's elevation to vice chief of staff for the Air Force.Slife's nomination was received by the Senate on Tuesday.
The Navy is third in terms of promotions affected, with 86 promotions hanging in the balance. The Marine Corps has 18, and the Space Force has eight promotions paused. The Coast Guard is not affected by the hold because it is not a part of the Department of Defense, even though it is considered a branch of the military.
"I told Secretary [of Defense Lloyd] Austin this almost a year ago," Tuberville told Fox News on Wednesday."If you do this [the abortion policy], I’m going to block your generals and admirals from promotion. They didn’t believe me. They put all this into effect ... I can hold just so many of them. If they bring them one at a time, they could get them all they want. The problem is they don’t want bad votes.
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