A night after Republican colleagues orated a lengthy rebuke of Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville for wholesale blocking the promotion of executive and flag officers because of a Pentagon medical travel policy, the Senate took the hours needed to approve the promotions of three officers, including the heads of two branches of the Pentagon. According to the Washington Post, Admiral Lisa Franchetti will become the first woman to lead the Navy and join the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General David W. Allvin will take command of the Air Force.
But the one that should cost Tuberville his seat: Lt. General Christopher J. Mahoney was promoted to four-star general and assigned to be the Vice-Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Corps' No. 2 officer who will have to step in to the leadership role while Commandant Eric Smith recovers from a health issue likely brought on executing the two roles Mahoney will now be doing.