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The Marine Corps is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over a century thanks to a Republican senator's block on military nominations. Retiring Gen. David Berger formally relinquished command on Monday as the Marine Corps' commandant, creating the first of several possible vacancies of Senate confirmed leaders on the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff in the coming months. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville, who represents Alabama, has blocked hundreds of military nominations from moving forward because he believes the Pentagon is improperly using g...

Maybe, "Tommy Tuberville has an idea."

The USA won’t need tanks and artillery in the fight for the First Island Chain; precision strike will matter most

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and 13 of his colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) sent a letter Tuesday to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro demanding he fulfill his commitment to provide an updated 30-year shipbuilding plan to the committee that abides by the statutory requirement for the Navy to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious warfare ships.

General Eric Smith, President Biden's pick to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps, told Congress on Tuesday that he needs a minimum of 31 amphibious ships in order to carry out the service's mission as it undergoes a major transformation of its mission to help confront a rising China.