The Blockade on Promotions Is Finally Over. Here's How to Ensure it Never Happens Again. "The story of Tuberville's failed blockade is essentially the story of a schoolyard bully."
7 More Generals, Admirals Get Promotions Approved as Senate Chips Away at Tuberville Backlog It remains unclear whether senators will be able to approve the rest of the officers awaiting confirmation by the end of the...
Army Changes Course Again and Extends Rules Allowing NCOs to Be Promoted Before Schooling The extension into 2024 will make the third year that the COVID-19 pandemic-era policy has been in effect, as Army planners...
Back Pay Floated for Officers Whose Promotions Were Delayed by Tuberville While Handful Still Await Confirmation The bill comes as a couple of dozen officers are still waiting to be promoted despite the Senate clearing 425 nominees from...
Hundreds of Military Promotions Approved by Senate Just Hours After Tuberville Releases His Hold Tuberville announced he was dropping his procedural hold on military confirmations on all but those nominated to be four-star...
Navy Modifies 'Up or Out' Policy by Giving Sailors Who Don't Advance an Option to Fill Critical Jobs The blunting of the sometimes controversial high-year tenure rules is yet another policy change the Navy has taken that aims...
Democratic Plan to End Senate Blockade of Military Promotions Takes Critical Step Forward The Senate Rules Committee voted along party lines to advance the "standing order resolution" to circumvent Tuberville's hold...
Tuberville Hold on Military Promotions Faces Biggest Challenge as Democrats Rally to Change Senate Rules Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced that the Senate Rules Committee that she chairs will vote Nov. 14 on a resolution "to allow the...
As Commandant Recovers from Cardiac Arrest, There's Now a 4-Star Officer in the Top Marine Seat Again The Marine Corps on Friday said that Gen. Eric Smith was making “excellent progress following sudden cardiac arrest earlier...
Senate Finally Confirms 3 Top Military Officers After Fellow Republicans Erupt in Anger over Tuberville Blockade Chiefs of the Navy and Air Force, as well as the second-in-command at the Marine Corps, were confirmed by the Senate after a...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
